Lot 26: AN INDUSTRIAL METAL RECTANGULAR TRUNK, LATE 19TH CENTURY

DETAILS The industrial-grade trunk with hinged lid having faint markings, above a box with vertical ribs joined by horizontal strapwork, the corners reinforced. CONDITION Consistent wear, surface abrasions and markings, closure mechanism appears intact, overall surface grime. PROVENANCE Sino-French War, obtained by Henri-Richard LeClerq (1884) and brought to Chamonix, France, where it remained in private collections. Sold to Piermont & Thorne in 1962.