Drew’s En Route picnic basket sold for £1500 at Woolley & Wallis.
A coveted lot from the silver sale at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on July 17 was an Edwardian Drew’s ‘Patent and Registered’ En Route picnic basket.
Drew & Sons of Piccadilly specialised in the manufacture of such luxury travel accessories, with this particular model including two solid silver sandwich boxes, kettle and tea strainer (each hallmarked for London 1902) alongside an electroplated stand, burner and tea tray.