Louis Vuitton ‘Lily Pons’ Shoe Secretaire Trunk monogram-ES circa 1890

circa 1890

Mercedes were the dominant force in F1 for these two years

On another occasion in North Africa a Sunderland was attacked by four Curtiss Mohawk fighters from the French Vichy air force

Dimensions: 5 cm/2 inches (diameter)

Louis Vuitton ‘Lily Pons’ Shoe Secretaire Trunk monogram-ES circa 1890This exquisite trunk was the property of Eleanor Close Barzin (nee Eleanor Post Hutton, Eleanor Hutton Rand), the American socialite, philanthropist and heiress to the General Foods Corporation fortune, who died in 2006. She was the daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post, who during her life was often called Americas richest woman and who had very successfully expanded her fathers cereal business into the General Foods Corporation. Bought new from