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Travelling Trunk Belonging to Clara Mingo

Unknown makerpre 1806

National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom

Travelling trunk as used on stage coach journeys in early railway days. Leather covered with brass studs, handle and lock. The initials 'C M' have been placed above lock on lid. Owned and used by Clara Mingo the great grandmother of Mr F Dunstone of the Chief Goods Manager's Office, Paddington Station who donated the item to the Great Western Railway Company, November 1929. Inside the lid are three coloured prints of 'ladies of fashion' of the year 1806.

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  • Title: Travelling Trunk Belonging to Clara Mingo
  • Creator: Unknown maker
  • Date Created: pre 1806
  • Location Created: Paddington Station
  • Physical Dimensions: overall: 273 mm x 515 mm x 310 mm
  • Type: trunk
  • Rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  • External Link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co210180
  • Medium: wood (unidentified); leather; brass (copper, zinc alloy); metal (unknown)
  • Art Genre: Fashion Illustration
  • Art Form: furniture
  • Support: leather
  • Depicted Topic: ladies of fashion
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