Ladies' travelling companion |
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$395.00
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This leather bound box is presented in "as found" condition and as such shows all signs and losses of age. It has not been repaired at all. The box has a patina of age and charm that restoration would remove. It is in good working order and complete with original lock and interior fitments, including a pair of (originally gilt) brass-topped perfume bottles. One of the bottles bears the label: DUBRAS Both bottles have their original glass stoppers as well. The exterior of the box is covered with split calf leather, gold tooled with painted decoration. The top is inset with a bevelled edge glass plate. The interior has the original sky blue velvet and darker blue satin deep buttoned lining, together with a lift-up tooled leather lid to a small compartment between the two perfume bottles. Charles Edmund Dubras was born in France in 1869 and arrived in Jersey circa 1890. He ran ladies' and men's hairdressing salons with wig making and perfumery sides to the business as well. His father Eugene was a wig maker, and family history tells that Charles made a wig for Princess Alexandra. |
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