Description
An Early 19th Century Leather Clad Camphor Wood Chest of rectangular form mounted with brass corner brackets and edged in brass studs. The lid having an oval plaque to the centre engraved Sir T Reade. The front with lock and key. The sides fitted with carrying handles, 11¾” 30 cm) high, 26½” )67 cm) in length, 12½” (32 cm) wide. [Sir Thomas Reade (1782 -1849) was a British army officer during the Napoleonic Wars]