Antique Metal Deed Box

Reduced! Late 19th Century metal deed box belonging to Misses Blackburn.

Sympathetically restored to look as was when it was employed. Complete with brass chains to hold the door. Lock and and lovely heart shaped key plate but key is long since departed!
Manufacturer - John Kelly and Sons estb. 1840. Ironmongers. Edinburgh
Height x 25 cm
Width x 61 cm
Depth x 42cm

Deeds indicated the ownership of an asset and deed boxes were vital for keeping track of finances and property.

Grand homes would often store their own deed boxes to manage their assets, but from the 18th Century onwards it was more common to assign them over to a solicitor who would have a box per client case.

These deed boxes are lovely things to own and represent a moment in our evolving history of documenting and recording things.