Passport Holder, 1786 Russian Hide Collection

It simply doesn’t do to go through the departure gates without brandishing at least one rakish accoutrement as you go, and this G.J. Cleverley Russian reindeer hide passport holder is perfect for the job.

Cleverley’s affiliation with Russian reindeer hide is something of a mythic tale – in 1973 the house secured a supply of extraordinary 18^th century Russian reindeer hides that were found by deep sea divers in the hull of a sunken trade brigantine off the South Coast of England, and which conditions on the seabed had miraculously preserved for some 200 years.

The hides had been cured in baths of rye or oat flour and yeast, hand embossed with a cross-hatched grain and then soaked in seal oil and birch tan oil – yielding an extraordinary leather which is both supremely durable and malleable, perfect for fine shoemaking and for the crafting of superior leather goods, even after some two centuries on the sea bed.

Handmade in London to Cleverley’s exacting standards, you’ll struggle to find a more rare or precious passport holder, nor an item that brings with it such a rich history.

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