Live Auction 7857Christie's Interiors
A CHINESE EXPORT BRASS-MOUNTED CAMPHOR CAMPAIGN TRUNK
Lot 338 THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

A CHINESE EXPORT BRASS-MOUNTED CAMPHOR CAMPAIGN TRUNK

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed7 August 2012

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GBP 750

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A CHINESE EXPORT BRASS-MOUNTED CAMPHOR CAMPAIGN TRUNK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The lid faintly inscribed in white paint SOUTHAMPTON....W.D.D., the front with remains of a late-19th-century Hong Kong shipping label, one lock stamped V.R
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 42 in. (107 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

Lieutenant W.D. Dooner of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (killed in the Anglo-Boer War, 18 November 1899). Thence by family descent.