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A GROUP OF LATE VICTORIAN LEATHER GLADSTONE BAGS
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A GROUP OF LATE VICTORIAN LEATHER GLADSTONE BAGS

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF LATE VICTORIAN LEATHER GLADSTONE BAGS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
All with various inscriptions relating to the Gladstone family, two with felt covers with handwritten labels
The largest 13 in. (33 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Hinged luggage was developed during the second half of the nineteenth Century. Made of stiff leather, the Gladstone bag was a small portmanteau built over a rigid frame, which for as long as has been known has been named after William Ewart Gladstone. The exact reason for this is not clear, but assumed to be to do with the amount of travelling he did. Interestingly it is not actually a British invention, but in fact based on earlier French models.

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