Chuckmuck (length 3 1/3 ins); very similar to no. 967, but larger; similar brass mounts on flap and inscription on front of steel; on top, a small loose ring within the square suspension-ring. China. Chuckmuck (length 3 1/3 ins); very similar to no. 967
Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins) of deeply-corrugated leather; three brass mounts on flap; two, on corners, represent bats, very highly conventionalized; one, in centre, a decorative flourish; maker's mark, Wang (king or prince) on front of steel. Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins) of deeply-corrugated leather
Chuckmuck (length 4 ins) of deeply-corrugated leather; brass mounts on flap consist of various round bosses (mostly missing); two fishes, and a central design, apparently a joss-house or shrine, all engraved and closely resembling those on no. 960 above; suspension-ring of thin brass wire; on front of steel, an inscription (perhaps yung, long-enduring, as on no. 976). Chuckmuck (length 4 ins) of deeply-corrugated leather
Chuckmuck (length 5 7/8 ins); a large and handsome example, with various silver mounts, elegantly engraved with conventional designs of flowers and foliage, and various bosses in high relief, their tops engraved; in centre of flap, a brass boss set with a large round stud of red coral; the round loose swivelled suspension-ring at top is of unusual type; contains flint (a fragment of quartz) and tinder. Chuckmuck (length 5 7/8 ins); a large and handsome example
Chuckmuck (length 5 1/10 ins); an unusual example, covered both back and front by brass plates, bearing designs in pierced openwork, allowing thin sheets of talc (now largely broken away) to be seen below; design on flap represents, within a border engraved with a design of dots and angles, two large long-tailed pack-horses, both laden, facing one another; design on back chiefly dots and zig-zag lines; very wide suspension-ring of steel at top; attached thereto, by a cord of catgut, a brass horse-bell; much tinder remains inside. Chuckmuck (length 5 1/10 ins); an unusual example