A Victorian Full Sized Black Leather Despatch Box with central inset brass handle, the black leather interior with detachable pen trays and inkwell and a key locking expanding pouch inside the lid.
This box was originally the property of Irwin Charles Maling , b.1841 d.1918 who was Private Secretary to The Governor General of New Zealand George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby from 1874-1878.
Weight. 4 kg
Measurements. 45.5 x 30 x 15 cm
This Despatch Box is accompanied by relevant documents including an illustrated biography of Irwin Charles Maling's son, Irwin Lytelton Maling b.1878 d.1946, A hand written envelope addressed to
Irwin Maling Esq,
Private Secretary to H.S The Marquess of Normanby,
Government House
New Zealand
An illustration of Cat. Irwin C Maling's Coat of Arms
A watercolour of a sailing ship
A detailed family tree entitled 'Pedigree of Maling of Scarborough, Sunderland' etc.
