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This detail from a travelling box shows the paper label on the interior of the lid. The crowded label includes pictures of a powder flask, a belt or strap, trunks and a boar with a brush.

The inscription reads: 'MILITAR[Y TRAVELLIN]G TRUNKS / F[AN]CY AND COMMON BRUSHES OF EVERY K[IND] / [TRU]NK-STRAPS. CHAIN BELTS & COVERS./ PETER PEDDIE / TRUNK, BELLOWS, & BRUSH MANUF[ACTU]RER / At the sign of the Russian Boar No.7 Prin[ce's Street]'.

Several members of the Peddie family made leather goods and brushes at various Edinburgh addresses between 1784 and 1839.

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• Online ID: 000-180-000-029-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  K.1999.406
• Date: 1811 - 1823
  Between 1811 and 1824
  
• Material: Pine; leather; steel; brass; paper, blue. Inscription: MILITAR.../...G TRUNKS / F...CY AND COMMON BRUSHES OF EVERY K... / ...NK-STRAPS. CHAIN BELTS & COVERS. / PETER PEDDIE / TRUNK, BELLOWS, & BRUSH MANUF...RER / At the Sign of the Russian Boar No.7 Prin.
  Box / trunk
  
• Dimensions: 170 mm H x 408 mm W x 223 mm deep
  
• What: Box / trunk
  
• Subject: Furniture
  
• Who: Peter Peddie, 7 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Leather-covered wooden box or trunk with original brass fittings and steel lock, there is blue paper lining under lid, by Peter Peddie, Edinburgh, 1811 - 1824
  
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