This wonderful piece is very rare - Called the Hardy Unique Salmon Fly Reservoir. This is unbranded as it is an early one made by Maddoch's of Perth for Hardy's.
Have sold for around £7000 in 1996 and a half empty one sold for £5000 in 2010.
The cabinet exterior is simple in design and this is truly part of its overall beauty and function. The fall-style door is made of solid mahogany (a tropical hardwood) as is the entire cabinet. The door is made of three pieces, two one-inch side bands and a centre portion which houses the solid brass locking unit. The door is secured to the main box with two six-screw hinges. The door has on the inside surface an oval nickel silver disc stamped, Hardy Bros. Makers Alnwick.
There are ten drawers each with a tiny grained ivory button or “bun” button to pull open each fly tray. The two ivorine/ivory fly name plates on each drawer are fastened into position with two perfectly lined up flush-mounted brass screws. (40 screws in total, all in the same position)
The moth tray has five 1/4 inch perforated holes and is also in Mahogany.
The cabinet exterior excluding the door consists of five mahogany slabs, each 1/3 inch thick. These slabs are finely dove-tailed and fastened with two tiny counter-sunk brass screws on each side panel.
The top deck has a beautifully recessed brass carrying handle attached with three counter-sunk screws.
The nickel silver fly clips are secured to very slim wood drawers with tiny domed brass screws. This cabinet holds 326 flies in total.
There is also a brass presentation plaque set into the dark ruby-red wood directly in front of the handle. Total box dimensions are 10.1/8 ins X 9 3/4 ins. X 6 3/4 ins. and the wood is fully seasoned Tahitian Mahogany. Box weight is 7 lbs. 4 oz.
This wonderful piece is very rare - Called the Hardy Unique Salmon Fly Reservoir. This is unbranded as it is an early one made by Maddoch's of Perth for Hardy's.
Have sold for around £7000 in 1996 and a half empty one sold for £5000 in 2010.
The cabinet exterior is simple in design and this is truly part of its overall beauty and function. The fall-style door is made of solid mahogany (a tropical hardwood) as is the entire cabinet. The door is made of three pieces, two one-inch side bands and a centre portion which houses the solid brass locking unit. The door is secured to the main box with two six-screw hinges. The door has on the inside surface an oval nickel silver disc stamped, Hardy Bros. Makers Alnwick.
There are ten drawers each with a tiny grained ivory button or “bun” button to pull open each fly tray. The two ivorine/ivory fly name plates on each drawer are fastened into position with two perfectly lined up flush-mounted brass screws. (40 screws in total, all in the same position)
The moth tray has five 1/4 inch perforated holes and is also in Mahogany.
The cabinet exterior excluding the door consists of five mahogany slabs, each 1/3 inch thick. These slabs are finely dove-tailed and fastened with two tiny counter-sunk brass screws on each side panel.
The top deck has a beautifully recessed brass carrying handle attached with three counter-sunk screws.
The nickel silver fly clips are secured to very slim wood drawers with tiny domed brass screws. This cabinet holds 326 flies in total.
There is also a brass presentation plaque set into the dark ruby-red wood directly in front of the handle. Total box dimensions are 10.1/8 ins X 9 3/4 ins. X 6 3/4 ins. and the wood is fully seasoned Tahitian Mahogany. Box weight is 7 lbs. 4 oz.
