The smaller things make the journey personal.
Travel accessories connect the case to the life around it. Small implements, writing equipment and personal objects are selected for their usefulness, their familiarity and the place they occupy in a routine.
A familiar gesture
A small part
of home.
A brush fits the hand. Its familiar weight and repeated use make it part of a daily routine, wherever the dressing table happens to be.
This surviving brush brings that idea into focus. Its crowned monogram and Leuchars & Son London stamp belong to a documented object, explored with the related travelling service in the Archive.
Discover the surviving service
On arrival
A new room.
The same rituals.
A case is opened, its contents set within reach. A few chosen objects turn an unfamiliar room into somewhere to settle: something for the desk, something for the dressing table, each with its own place.
The journey gives way to the quieter pleasure of unpacking.
Enter the world of travelChosen, carried, kept.
A travelling group begins with a deliberate selection. Each object needs a secure place: consider its cover, how it is retained and removed, and whether neighbouring surfaces can rub or strike one another.
For an original group, preserve labels, inscriptions and associated papers. These may connect an object to an owner or place; the complete original arrangement of the service in Record 007 remains unestablished.
The opening and arrival campaigns are imagined scenes within the Leuchars world. The brush is shown in an original museum photograph; its source and attribution are identified in Archive Record 007. Availability, materials and condition of any offered piece are stated in its individual description.
Look closer
A particular object.
A personal question.
For an enquiry about a case, an object or a mark, begin with the details you can see.
