000-180-000-029-C
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Box (detail)
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: |
0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland K.1999.406 |
| Date: |
1811 - 1823
Between 1811 and 1824
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| 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.
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| Dimensions: |
170 mm H x 408 mm W x 223 mm deep
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| What: |
Box / trunk
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| Subject: |
Furniture
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| Who: |
Peter Peddie, 7 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Maker)
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| Where: |
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
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| 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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