The term "Best" is often confused with tarted up today.
In the day when few could afford the most outstanding product of any artisan, craftsman or otherwise superbly skilled workmen, the best that they could produce was their"Best".
When money was no hindrance, a man would call upon a maker to provide his best effort to certain specifications. Materials, workmanship, design, fit and finish were expected. This was true in the tailoring of a suit of clothes, silver for the table, a vehicle (conveyance) and even the breeding of his dogs and horses.
Not many of us, today, could command a best effort from the high end marques.
We might settle for what remains of the glory days, when a man could, and did, produce with tools and hand, a product that would last a life time and more, to several generations.
It is not ornamentation that makes something a "Best". It is the design, and skill in executing a superior design, coupled with the most outstanding materials of that day.
Best,
John
