FINNIGAN'S MANCHESTER vers 1905 - Lot 14

FINNIGAN'S MANCHESTER vers 1905 Suite of 3 men's toilet flasks with 800 silver stoppers, engraved OL. Goldsmith : LONDON, Percy Horace Arthur WHITEHOUSE, 1904 Silver weight: 16.5 g Triangular-section glass body. In a cylindrical tan leather case also engraved OL and signed FINNIGAN'S LTD Manchester, Bold Street Liverpool. H. 12.5 cm. Slight wear to the leather strap. Provenance: Sir Oscar Lang, British lord living on the Côte d'Azur in the 1930s Finnigan's was a British luxury maletier founded around 1830, who benefited from the railroad revolution. He opened a store in Manchester, then, faced with the success of his business, set up stores in Liverpool and London at the end of the 19th century. His suitcases and leather goods adapted to new modes of transport: rail, the nascent automobile, transatlantic liners, and soon the airplane!