Bag
Date1800-1850
OriginEngland
MediumLeather, brass clasp
DimensionsOH: 9 1/2"; OW: 10 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993-109
DescriptionRectangular brown leather portfolio-shaped bag or dispatch case with shaped flap and engraved brass clasp. Hand stitched. The clasp is engraved with the words, "Oakam/ J. Roche/ Clungunford House."Label TextThis functional leather bag was used to carry mail for Clungunford House, the name engraved on the clasp. Located near Shrewsbury, Clungunford House (pronounced "Clungerford") was the seat of the Rocke family.
MarkingsEngraved on catch: "OAKAM(?) J. ROCKE/ CLUNGUNFORD HOUSE"
ProvenanceClungunford House (pronounced "Clungerford") is a house located near Shrewsbury, England, and was the seat of the Rocke family. There was also a town named Clungunford. Several John Rocke's lived there or nearby in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Exhibition(s)
Probably 1838-1842
1790-1825
Ca. 1780
1760-1790
1770-1780
1680-1740
1766 (dated)
1727
1779
ca. 1930