A Victorian ebony and brass mounted travelling toilet box by Wells & Lambe

A Victorian ebony and brass mounted travelling toilet box by Wells & Lambe, the plush and leather lined interior to a mirror and leather pouch to the lid with a gilt maker's mark 'WELLS & LAMBE, MANUFACTURES TO THE QUEEN COcKSPUR STREET', fitted with fourteen cut glass and silver topped jars, bottles and boxes, with a lift-out tray revealing further trays fitted with various utensils including a cork screw, penknife, scissors, tweezers, boot pulls, a pencil and a fitted shaving box with three razors and a hone, the silver by James Vickery, London 1857, with a monogram 'WM' and with a brass lock 'S.MORDAN & CO, LONDON' and with a base drawer with divisions for watches and jewellery, with sunken brass carrying handles, 9oz weighable silver, 20.5cm high 38cm deep, 29.2cm deep.

Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes.

Wells & Lambe c.1802-1890, portable writing desk and dressing case manufacturers, was founded in c.1802 by J Wells. According to London commercial directories the firm was listed at 44 New Bond Street and by 1825 the firm had moved to 29 Cockspur street where they are recorded until 1890.