The Mixologist Cam - Antique Leather Jewellery / Vanity Box
The Mixologist Cam - Antique Leather Jewellery / Vanity Box
Cam is a stunning luxury leather box a French Nécessaire, a wonderful antique travelling vanity box.
Antique Victorian quality leather. Brass campaign style brass handle with laurel wreath and bale of hay engraved monogram
Grainy black leather has embossed tooling decoration in designs of lines swags and Swirls
Inside he contains a removable padded matt / writing slope and mirror
Mirror has some of foxing, but glass free from chips or cracks
Just loving the Pink and green paper lined interior, bringing this box to life
He has working lock and key
Dates 1829-36
Maker is Briggs Manufacturer in London
He has some wear throughout this leather exterior and inside are have some wear at the front and discolouring on is velvet padding.
These boxes were mainly owned by royalty, nobleman and other wealthy individuals, and were created as useful travel accessories keep their valuable luxury accessories. Variety of boxes created for toiletries, sewing, writing being very desirable to use and collect today.
Dimensions
Length: 23cm Depth: 17.5cm Height: 8.5cm