Lot 387 , Automobilia related - an early leather cased car picnic hamper, with enamelled plates, basket work covered glass bottles and tumblers and plated cutlery

Automobilia related - an early leather cased car picnic hamper, with enamelled plates, basket work covered glass bottles and tumblers and plated cutlery
£200-300

Condition:
Over-strap torn and incomplete; top rear two corners torn, approx. 10cm at each corner; surfaces of leather with signs of shrinkage associated with exposure to the elements; with key. Interior consists of four rectangular, enamelled metal trays, one underside rim slightly chipped; lift-out tray holds a cylindrical white porcelain jar and cover with leather strap, two cylindrical glass bottles with chrome screw-covers and a wicker-mounted glass bottle with chrome screw-cover; beneath this are two pairs of graduated glass tumblers with wicker mounts; central rectangular enamelled metal bread box with chrome cover; beneath this an open, wire box of same proportion; set of four wicker-mounted glass bottles, each with screw cover; cutlery consists of four fiddle-pattern chrome plated dessert forks, four steel knives with bone handles, two server spoons, all cutlery contained within fitted leather case. This set appears very little-used and totally complete with all original contents.

Sold for £300