Vintage Leather Luggage, Gladstone Bag, Kit Bag

Vintage Leather Luggage, Gladstone Bag, Kit Bag

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Reference

28501

Leather Traveler's Bag.
A well traveled brown leather square mouth 'Gladstone' bag with pig skin leather interior. The luggage with plenty of colourful paper travel labels giving it a very good decorative appeal. The bag is fitted with sliding brass lock clips at both ends with and a central push button brass lock, five brass studded feet and a central carry handle. The lid is in two parts and opens to reveal an interior fitted with leather straps to secure in place glass bottles, brushes etc., all that a traveller would need (although none of the items are present).

Gladstone bags are named after the 19th cent British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone; the bags are usually constructed of leather fitted over a metal frame.

Dimensions:

Height 30.5 cm / 12 "
Width 25.5 cm / 10 "
Depth 40 cm / 15 "
Period

1900-1949

Year

Circa 1920

Medium

Leather

Country

United Kingdom

Condition

The leather is unpolished and the interior is missing. A nice decorative item. Excellent display piece with original labels.

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