trunks & portmanteaus

8/9/2019 Trunks & Portmanteaus

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English Trade Card THE OLD THREE TRUNKS(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Trade Card

18th Century(The British Museum)


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Example of a London Trunk Makers Label

Late 18th Century(The British Museum)


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Example of a London Trunk Makers Label(Lewis Walpole Museum)


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Leather Covered Trunk

c. 1770 - 1800(National Park Service)


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Leather Bound Document Boxes18th Century

(Tom Wnuck Estate)


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Brass Tack Decorated Trunk or Co!er

c. 1730(Bonhams)


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Gilt Tooled Document Boxc. 1769

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)


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Document Box Stamped with the Royal Cipher and Crown18th Century



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Document Box Stamped with the Royal Cipher and Crownc. 1766



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Sealskin Covered Trunk

Late 18th Century(Parks Canada, Quebec)


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Trunk Owned by Former Slave, Aunt Letty, who lived with the Beale Family of Williamsburg, VirginiaMade in Maryland, 18th Century

(12 x 7 x 6)(Colonial Williamsburg)


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William Pitt Stamp Act Repealed - March 18 1766 Dispatch or Document Box Covered in Leather

1766(James D. Julia Auctions)


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Domed Leather Covered Document Box Reported to have Belonged to an East India Company O"cial

c. 1750 - 1800(Christies Auction House)


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18th Century(James Julia Auctions)


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Detail: Dome Topped Trunk

An English MAN of WAR taking a FRENCH PRIVATEER by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1781(The British Museum)


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Detail: Domed Top Trunk

An English MAN of WAR taking a FRENCH PRIVATEER by Carington Bowles after Robert Dighton 1781(The British Museum)


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Detail: Domed Top TrunkThe LOVERS DISGUISE by Carington Bowles 1776

(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Detail: Domed Top Trunk

The Elopement, or a Tripp to Scotland by Sayer & Bennet, London, 1777(The British Museum)


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Detail: The Elopement, or a Tripp to Scotland

Published by Sayer & Bennet, London, 1777(The British Museum)


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Leather Covered Trunk Decorated with Brass Tacks and Lined with Uncut Sheets of Playing Cardsby James Bryant, London Trunk Maker c. 1773 +

(Chris Fox Collection)


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Trunk Owned by Continental Navy Captain Tobias Lear (August1, 1737 - November 6, 1781) with Playing Card Paper LiningSuperintendent of the Continental Yard at Langdons Island in the Piscataqua River across from Portsmouth, New Hampshire

by London Trunk Maker James Bryant 1773(Jamestown Settlement)


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Pony Hide Covered Trunk18th Century

(15 1/6 x 10 1/2 x 9)(Antique Hadden)


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English Leather - Covered Trunkc. 1720 - 1760

(17 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 )(Colonial Williamsburg)


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A Harlots Progress

by William Hogarth c. 1732(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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Spanish / Portuguese Embossed Leather Covered Trunkc. Late 17th - Early 18th Century

(Bonhams Auction House)


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Brass Studded Leather Covered Trunkc. Late 17th - Early 18th Century

(39 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 20)(Christies Auction House)


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English Leather Covered Trunk Owned by Philip Morgon, a Mason of Bristolby Edward Smith of Smith & Lucas c. 1751 - 1760

(41 5/8 x 22 1/4 x 21 5/8)(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Detail: Modern Love: The Elopementby John Collet 1764


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A Harlot's Progress, Plate 5 / A Harlot's Progress

by William Hogarth 1732(The British Museum)


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Leather Bound Trunk18th Century



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Continental Leather Covered Trunk1749

(Private Collection)


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English Leather Covered Trunkc. 1720 - 1760

(44 x 22 x 18)

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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English Cow - Hide Trunkc. 1779

(45 x 19 1/4 x 23)(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Cow - Hide TrunkLate 18th Century

(41 x 20 x 20)(Skinner)


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Brass Stud Decorated Leather Covered Trunkc. 1780

(Herbert Gordon Gasson Antiques Rye)


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English Linen - Lined Trunkc. 1720 - 1740

(44 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 17)(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Brass Tack Decorated Campaign Trunk Owned by General George WashingtonOval Plate Engraved Genl. Washington / No. 3 c. 1775 - 1783

(Mount Vernon)


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Brass Tack Decorated Trunk Owned by George Washingtonby John Summocks Trunk Maker from London c. 1775 - 1793

(Mount Vernon)


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Brass Tack Decorated Trunk Owned by George Washingtonby John Summocks Trunk Maker from London c. 1775 - 1793

(Mount Vernon)


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Brass Tack Decorated Campaign Trunk LabelsGeneral George Washington

(Mount Vernon)


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Hair Covered Trunk Used by General George Washington for Correspondence during the RevolutionManufactured in Boston by Merchant John Head c. 1775

Second Hand Purchase by Washington after the Evacuation of Boston in 1776

(Mount Vernon)


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Second Hand Purchase by Washington after the Evacuation of Boston in 1776(Mount Vernon)


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(Mount Vernon)


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Plater from a Hair Covered Trunk Used by General George Washington for Correspondence during the RevolutionManufactured in Boston by Merchant John Head c. 1775


(Mount Vernon)


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Brass Trunk PlateCaptain Hawker

H.M. 62nd Regiment of FootLight Infantry Company(Photo Eric Schnitzer)


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Trunk Carried by General John Cope when he Fled from the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745(National Museums of Scotland)


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Spanish Leather Covered TrunkEarly 18th Century



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Pigskin Covered Trunk18th Century



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(30 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 12 1/4)



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English Deerskin Covered TrunkLined with E. Johnson's British Gazette and Sunday Monitor for December 13, 1786

by Drivers & Eyrc. 1700 - 1750(23 7/8 x 11 x 11 1/4)



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Small Leather Covered TrunkLate 18th Century (1790+)

(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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Leather Covered Trunk18th Century

Private Collection)


(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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(18" x 7 1/2" x 7")

Private Collection)


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Brass Tack Decorated Trunk Purchased by George Washington for His Granddaughter, Eliza(Mount Vernon)


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English Leather Covered Top Handled Trunkby Edward Smith c. 1760 - 1780

(19 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 7)



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English Leather Covered Top Handled Trunkby Gladman & Randall c. 1775 - 1785

(18 3/8 x 12 1/8 x 6 3/4)



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English Leather Covered Trunkby Charles Townsend c. 1740 - 1770

(43 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 12 7/8)



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Brass Tack Decorated Campaign TrunkGeneral George Washington

(Mount Vernon)


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Wood Campaign Trunk


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Leather Portmanteau18th Century

(Fort Ticonderoga)


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School Boys giving Charity to a Blind ManbyWilliam Redmore Bigg, 1782

(Michael Finney Antique Books & Prints)


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