TWO CROCODILE LEATHER attache CASES

TWO CROCODILE LEATHER attache CASES, BY BRAMAH & CO, 1936-39 the lid tooled with coronet and initials I.N.A. lined in brown hide, the smaller case lined in pigskin, numbered gilt brass locks, canvas cover, 40 & 43cm w, marked on case and lock (Bramah/Joseph Bramah), and the Bramah Mfg Co Ltd with 11 OLD BOND ST W1 address, two card tie-on labels, several unused Royal Household envelopes, two addressed to the Marchioness of Abergavenny DCVO, smaller case with two keysProvenance: Supplied to Isabel Nellie Larnach-Nevill,( née Larnach) 4th Marchioness of Abergavenny (1890-1953) and by descent to Patricia Nevill (nee Harrison) 5th Marchioness of Abergavenny DCVO (1915-2005) Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to HM The Queen, 1960-66 and 1987-2005 and Lady of the Bedchamber to HM The Queen, 1966-1987.Patricia Nevill,wife of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG was a loyal and valued friend of HM The Queen whom she accompanied on several overseas tours of which the present high quality cases with their labels and Royal Household stationery evoke the early years of Her Majesty's reign.