Suede handbag with vanity mirror and box, probably retailed by Reville & Rossiter Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1926

Black suede handbag with vanity mirror and box.

The handbag is oblong in shape and with a front flap with a silver monogrammed plaque and corners. The flap lifts to reveal a top-fastening bag containing a purse and mirror wallet.

The flap is lined in black moiré silk, and the bag is lined in white.

The handbag and mirror are contained in a Reville box in which it was probably purchased.

Given by Major and Mrs Broughton

This handbag was owned by Cara Broughton, née Cara Leland Huttleston Rogers (1867-1939), who married Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929) in 1895. As Urban H. Broughton died before he could be elevated to a peerage, their eldest son Urban H.R. Broughton (1896-1966) became 1st Baron Fairhaven of Lode on 20 March 1929, while Cara became 1st Lady Fairhaven. This barony became extinct on Urban H.R.Broughton's death, but a later barony, Baron Fairhaven of Anglesey Abbey, co. Cambridge, was granted to him in 1961, with a remainder to his brother, Henry (1900-1973), to enable this title to continue after his death without male heirs.

This forms part of a large donation of late 19th and early 20th century garments and accessories (with a few historical textiles) donated to the Museum in 1972 by Cara's grandson and Henry's son, Major Ailwyn Broughton and his wife, a year before Ailwyn became Lord Fairhaven following his father's death.

T.242 to C-1972