Antique Officer's Travelling Campaign Case and Contents

Larkin & Gallow are pleased to offer this antique Officers English leather dressing table box, with a fitted interior; purchased from the respected manufacturer 'Thomas Keane' of Worcester Street, Birmingham and dates to the early 1900's. Contained in the robust and extremely heavy [ 10-11 kilos gross packed weight] leather clad box are a full set of silver topped toilet bottles [assayed in Birmingham] made by another Birmingham manufacturer of considerable repute; Alexander Clark who were also known as the Alexander Manufacturing Co. and who retailed from a London Shop at 188 Oxford Street. These seven bottles are contained in a 'lift out' morocco leather carrier that can be either; left in the box, used as a standalone 'A Frame' dressing table containment, or used to hang over the edge of the case with the built in attachment provided. This carrier also accommodates a morocco leather clad vesta case and combined striker, along with a morocco clad travelling ink-well. There a few (x5) further silver lidded bottles assayed in London between 1912-13. These all have a miss-struck makers mark that may be by William Geiger (?). There is also another unrelated white metal clad travelling ink-well. The lift out carrier also has a; matching morocco leather - manicure set holder and a similar stationary folder. A small box attached to the base of the box contains several wooden map pins contemporary with all the other items.