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Auction archive: Lot number 7

Victorian red leather covered Government

Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$142 - US$213
Price realised:
£320
ca. US$454
Auction archive: Lot number 7

Victorian red leather covered Government

Estimate
£100 - £150
ca. US$142 - US$213
Price realised:
£320
ca. US$454
Beschreibung:

Victorian red leather covered Government despatch box belonging to Rt. Hon. Viscount Joselyn (1816-1854) - the box of conventional rectangular form with embossed 'Viscount Joselyn' to lid (handle missing) green velvet lined interior with Bramah lock (broken), 46cm wide x 31cm deep x 15.5cm deep. Viscount Joselyn served in the first Opium War as Military Secretary to Lord Saltourn. He was MP for King's Lynn from 1842 to 1854 and served under Sir Robert Peel as joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1845-1846. He was Colonel commandant of the East Essex Militia and died aged 38 having contracted cholera whilst staying with his regiment at the Tower of London CONDITION REPORT Sound original condition, some losses to leather and scuffs - top handle missing and no key

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Reeman Dansie
No. 8 Wyncolls Road
Severalls Business Park
Colchester, CO4 9HU
United Kingdom
auctions@reemandansie.com
+44 (0)1206 754754
Beschreibung:

Victorian red leather covered Government despatch box belonging to Rt. Hon. Viscount Joselyn (1816-1854) - the box of conventional rectangular form with embossed 'Viscount Joselyn' to lid (handle missing) green velvet lined interior with Bramah lock (broken), 46cm wide x 31cm deep x 15.5cm deep. Viscount Joselyn served in the first Opium War as Military Secretary to Lord Saltourn. He was MP for King's Lynn from 1842 to 1854 and served under Sir Robert Peel as joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1845-1846. He was Colonel commandant of the East Essex Militia and died aged 38 having contracted cholera whilst staying with his regiment at the Tower of London CONDITION REPORT Sound original condition, some losses to leather and scuffs - top handle missing and no key

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Reeman Dansie
No. 8 Wyncolls Road
Severalls Business Park
Colchester, CO4 9HU
United Kingdom
auctions@reemandansie.com
+44 (0)1206 754754
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