Small Norfolk Hide Writing Case
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Fantastic Norfolk hide writing case, circa 1920. With polished brass fittings, original leather-cloth lining to the interior, including pocket in the lid, original leather handle and original key. The front lip of the case is stamped with 'Warranted Solid Leather’ and the patent number. This case has developed a wonderful patina with age. Initialed W.G. on the lid of the case.
Dimensions: 31.5 cm/12⅜ inches (width) x 21.5 cm/8½ inches (depth) x 8 cm/3⅛ inches (height).
Norfolk hide is one of the best-kept secrets harboured by collectors and dealers in fine luggage, and is highly prized. It is possibly the most unusual process in the manufacture of leather goods, which results in an entirely distinctive moulded finish. The process makes the leather stronger and more rigid, giving it a visual and tactile density more normally associated with wood and a real depth of patination. It also appears unusually free of structural seams and stitching, the parts are all of one piece, with no apparent joins. Interestingly, Norfolk hide takes its name from the fact that items were manufactured in Norfolk Street, Sheffield - and not, as one might assume, in the county of Norfolk.
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