Lot Essay
Compare: LÉONFORTE, Pierre, PUJALET-PLAÀ, Éric, 100 Legendary Trunks Louis Vuitton, New York: Abrams, 2010 pp. 189 for a similar toiletry kit.
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LOUIS VUITTON, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
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A SMALL TOILETRY TRUNK IN PIGSKIN LEATHER
LOUIS VUITTON, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Leather and brass bound, with leather handle to the top, the interior with ivory fittings, including clothes brushes, hair brushes, a comb, a manicure set and a shaving set, complete with seven cut throat razors, each inscribed with the day of the week, together with glass bottles and pots, each with silver metal lids, all the fittings inscribed with the monogram 'MMcC', lined in black leather and tan suede to the lid
7¾ x 22 x 5 in. (19.5 x 55.5 x 12.5 cm.)
The lock stamped 'LOUIS VUITTON, 149 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, 70 CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES PARIS' and numbered '049814', the interior stamped 'ASNIÈRES S/SEINE, LOUIS VUITTON, PARIS-70. CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES, NICE-4. JARDIN PUBLIC, LILLE-34. RUE FAIDHERBE, LONDON-149. NEW BOND ST.' and numbered '742470' in gilt, with additional paper and card label inscribed 'LOUIS VUITTON, 70, CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES PARIS, NICE, LILLE, LONDON' in black
LOUIS VUITTON, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Leather and brass bound, with leather handle to the top, the interior with ivory fittings, including clothes brushes, hair brushes, a comb, a manicure set and a shaving set, complete with seven cut throat razors, each inscribed with the day of the week, together with glass bottles and pots, each with silver metal lids, all the fittings inscribed with the monogram 'MMcC', lined in black leather and tan suede to the lid
7¾ x 22 x 5 in. (19.5 x 55.5 x 12.5 cm.)
The lock stamped 'LOUIS VUITTON, 149 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, 70 CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES PARIS' and numbered '049814', the interior stamped 'ASNIÈRES S/SEINE, LOUIS VUITTON, PARIS-70. CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES, NICE-4. JARDIN PUBLIC, LILLE-34. RUE FAIDHERBE, LONDON-149. NEW BOND ST.' and numbered '742470' in gilt, with additional paper and card label inscribed 'LOUIS VUITTON, 70, CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES PARIS, NICE, LILLE, LONDON' in black