Antique Campaign Trunk belonging to Lt. Col. St. Quintin (c. 1840 England)

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Leather on wood

24.50 inch wide   12.50 inch high   14.00 inch deep

62.23 cm wide  31.75 cm high  35.56 cm deep

St. Quintin’s Trunk was a Handford’s New Invented Light Waterproof Brassed Trunk. It is made of black leather on a wooden carcass and set off by brass strap work. The interior is lined in a thin pale leather and the lid has two compartments each with a rectangular escutcheon marked Handford Patent with crowns. The backs of both locks, to the interior of these lids, are covered by Handford’s paper labels. The owner’s name is engraved to the brass plate to the top of the trunk. St. Quintin’s rank of Lt. Colonel ties in nicely with Handford’s address. Mathew Chitty Downs St. Quintin was born in 1800 to a wealthy Yorkshire family and he purchased all of his military ranks in the 17th Lancers who were considered one of the better and so more expensive regiments. He became a 2nd Lieutenant in 1820 and over the next 20 years moved up through the ranks until he bought his Lt. Colonelcy on the last day of 1839. Handford’s were at a number of different addresses on the Strand and occupied No. 6 from 1835 until 1852. The Barrons lock to the trunk is also stamped VR which of course would not have been used before 1837. St. Quintin retired from the army in 1855, five years after he had married. Although he had inherited large, badly managed estates, he also squandered £ 90,000 of his wealth. Although Handford’s label notes that the trunk is New Invented they had been making them for a good number of years and so design must have been popular. They made a variety of different sizes, each useful and practical for storage whilst travelling. Circa 1840.

gbp 1250.00 (Pound Sterling)

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