valuation: webley(?) canvas-box from 1930 (?)

[aimless]

Dear Gentlemen, can you please tell me the value of this box:

http://sta.sh/22aaiy99ims2?edit=1

and please the age (1930?).

Thank you, Jochen

[oliver13]

The Army & Navy stores were originally a co-operative to supply kit to members of the armed forces as they headed off around the world to guard the British empire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_%...ted_Kingdom%29

That box you have there is unlikely to be specifically for a Webley air gun, it looks like it would be for a shotgun or a double barreled sporting rifle, but if a Webley airgun fitted inside I suppose it could be used for one. The chap who owned it originally could have been posted to Burma, India, Africa & all points between. He would have bought it specifically to protect his prize fire arm against the rigours of the journey & the harsh conditions during his tour abroad. This would have been for his personal property, not the guns he would be issued with on duty.

There are quite a few around in the antiques market, but your's isn't particularly good condition, like this one: http://ajbells.co.uk/accessories-antique-gun-case so a guess at valuation would be £30 - 50. It's worth noting though stuff like this can get ridiculous prices from Boutique antique dealers supplying stuff to shops & bars etc. to dress the place up.
This guy does that, so give him an e-mail & see what he says: http://www.drewpritchard.co.uk/pages/contact
I quite like his TV show, he seems a decent bloke, & assuming he gets back to you he should have firm information, a lot more practical than mine anyway.

I think it might be a bit older than the 1930's, you could to do a bit of research on the addresses on the label to find out definitively. I don't think that would do much for the value but it would be interesting to find out.

[aimless]

a lot!!!! , great answer and very useful link!

Yes, the one "compartement" ist designed to carry (and lock) two barrels for a Mk II.

Jochen

[Muskett]

Or two cleaning rods for a shotgun.

I might well take a air rifle too??? Its a gunbox and you ordered gun, box, cleaning kit and sometimes ammo too; then have it sent out to wherever you were. Army & Navy mail order catalogues make Argos Catalogue look skimpy. They posted to anywhere in the British Empire... a true worldwide business.

Double side by side shotguns aren't doing well at present so the boxes can make as much as the guns.

[micky2]

Dear Gentlemen, can you please tell me the value of this box:

http://sta.sh/22aaiy99ims2?edit=1

and please the age (1930?).

Thank you, Jochen

Hi Jochen, sorry but it's not a Webley case. like as been said before it's for a shotgun, the give away is the 2 round parts, which are for snapcaps, but you can convert it to take a Webley service which as been done by a few people in the past, me being one of them.

[oliver13]

Hi Jochen, sorry but it's not a Webley case. like as been said before it's for a shotgun, the give away is the 2 round parts, which are for snapcaps, but you can convert it to take a Webley service which as been done by a few people in the past, me being one of them.

Or an elephant rifle, but it's unlikely, Holland & Holland supplied rather good boxes with their guns as standard, you've got to admit the Army & Navy stores were rather a budget brand.