Mulberry Small Buckle Bayswater in Oak Natural Vegetable Tanned Leather

This is a 100% authentic Mulberry Smaller Sized Bayswater Buckle Bag in Oak Natural Vegetable Tanned Leather with Shiny Golden Brass Hardware.  

The Bayswater has been reinvented in many different designs and the 'Buckle Bayswater' has to be one of the most splendid!

Introduced for Cara Delevingne's Winter 2014 collection it marries the Ledbury, (Small Bayswater Satchel without shoulder strap) with the 'Coca' Bayswater's styling.

Featuring exterior buckle detailing to its winged sides, there's acres of space inside, (see capacity illustrated in the Gallery below.......it almost equals a full sized Bayswater!)

Crafted from a fabulously thick, robust, original NVT hide, it's a substantial construction, (over 1kg empty,) but so worth the weight.

Carry by hand or in the crook of the arm. Not suitable for the shoulder, as these pieces were made without straps or D rings.

  Condition - Well to Good Used

 Please review all of the additional photos below, as they also contain close-up details of condition that may not be visible in the Gallery above. Thank you.

Details -

A naturally soft sided silhouette, the form has relaxed so if you prefer the more structured, trapezoid shape you'll need to add in a thick felt liner.

Top handles are firm with darkening around their top curves and gently softened bases so they will flop downwards if not held or placed upright.

Very little actual wear to the hide. The leather is creasy, characterful with burnishing around the corner areas and a single impression to the front, lower RH sides curve, (see location circled and shown with the zoom in the Gallery below.) This hasn't broken the surface of the hide but isn't shallow.

There are the common gentle surface impressions and slight flattening to the grain on the top flap where the rear handle bases rest.

Some vague marking to the flaps upper, below the rear RH handle base, location circled and shown in close up detail, its almost unnoticable in use.

Stitching all strong and inking, (edge sealant) in place with tiny flex crackles at each side of the flap's sides where it meets the back of the bag and to the LH side aperture only, (RH side is perfect.) Whilst it looks scary in the zoomed photos but it's barely even visible to the naked eye and doesn't affect the piece in any way.

Lots of surface scratches to the Postmans Lock Plate, underside plate and base plate with some finish loss around the turnlock hole, however again the photos make these appear worse than they are.

Scratches to the apex of the base feet from being placed down.

Self lined in clean suede with a couple of dark smudges to the front inner wall and some minor marking to the suede on the top flap, just below the underside lockplate.

Made in England (2014/2015)

Size

29cm minimum at the base (35cm maximum)  x 22cm high x 16cm deep.

Top handles have a drop of 11cm

Weight is 1024g

Includes - NPNP, & Mulberry Dustcover, (please note top string is absent.)