A Superb c.1900 Black Painted Steel Safe; Lionel Hudson Esq. by Hobbs & Co of London sub-Curios Henry Howell & Co

Henry Howell & Co

The ever so slightly eccentric ebony inlaid arrow motifs present in the frieze signal a Regency influence

Mined with hand tools

their large dining and smoking rooms

with the new house still unfinished and he secured architect Robert Chantrell to oversee its completion

A Superb c.1900 Black Painted Steel Safe; Lionel Hudson Esq. by Hobbs & Co of London sub-Curios Henry Howell & CoOrigin: 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