Lot 377
An early 19th century padouk and brass bound campaign chest
Auction: 25 June 2003 at 12:00 BST
Description
the rectangular top inset with brass caps to the angles, above two short and one long drawer, the lower section with two further long drawers, the whole raised on removable turned feet, inset flush handles
117cm wide, 119cm high, 48cm deep
Footnote
Note: This chest has a history of service in India in the vendor's family. It probably originally belonged to Sgt Major Thomas Rodgers who married in India in 1871. His son Major Rivers Thomas Rodgers was born the following year at Chumar and grew up in India. He qualified as an apothecary in Calcutta and served throughout India in the Indian Medical Department and Prison service. The chest was certainly part of his household furniture when he was governor of Jubbalpore Jail.