September 2026

Three-quarter editorial reconstruction of a closed black leather correspondence box with two top slots and a central brass handle.

Archive Record 012: A W. Leuchars-Labelled Correspondence Box

A labelled correspondence box offers a study of papers, practical organisation and the distinction between a case and its marked lock.

Editorial reconstruction of a rectangular glass box with silver-gilt mounts, three-quarter view.

Archive Record 011: A Leuchars-Stamped Orléans Wedding-Gift Box, 1899

A silver-gilt-mounted glass box stamped Leuchars & Son Geffroy Sr Paris was catalogued as Prince Henri d’Orléans’s 1899 wedding gift to Jean and Isabelle d’Orléans.