A Superb c.1900 Black Painted Steel Safe; Lionel Hudson Esq. by Hobbs & Co of London sub-Curios being in good working order

being in good working order and displaying a gentle patina

seal Raymond survives from the early to middle part of the twentieth century

tea was still an expensive commodity

He’s lost a few of his spine ends here and there but he’s generally in good order for a sixty year old

Gothic art

A Superb c.1900 Black Painted Steel Safe; Lionel Hudson Esq. by Hobbs & Co of London sub-Curios being in good working orderOrigin: English Period: Late 19thC Early 20thC Provenance: BD Hudson Esq Date: c. 1890 1910 Height: 20 inches Width: 14 inches Depth: 14 inches Weight: 13. 2 KGS Designed to be portable, yet strong, the black painted steel safe made by Hobbs & Co of London and formerly of the estate of Lionel Hudson, having a double locked front hinged door sign written Lionel Hudson Private in gilt, opening to reveal lettered pigeon holes A through Z and two lower