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LESLIE & BAGGOTT

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Item Details

The leather covered camphor wood trunk with brass corner caps and brass nailed decoration including a swag to the front, to each sides a pair of cast brass carrying handles. The camphor wood interior bears a label for Ashoe to the lid, a prolific Cantonese maker of trunks with a workshop at 9 Carpenters’ Square in the first half of the 19th century. (See Carl Crossman - The Decorative Arts of the China Trade). The trunk stands upon original turned feet, which are removable.


Canton, China, circa 1820.  (The small trunk is photographed to show the scale, also in stock at the time of uploading)


61cm H, 107cm W, 53cm D.

  • Period: circa 1820
    • Price: £2,650.00
    • €3,208 Euro
    • $3,364 US Dollar
  • Location: Scotland
    • Dimensions: H: 61cm (24.02in)
    • W: 107cm (42.13in)
    • D: 53cm (20.87in)