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Property from The Earls of Harewood
A SCOTTISH SILVER-GILT FREEDOM CASKET
MARK OF HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1930
細節
A SCOTTISH SILVER-GILT FREEDOM CASKET
MARK OF HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1930
On openwork scroll feet, the sides applied with Celtic style bosses and engraved panels of architectural landmarks, the ends applied with thistles, the hinged cover with finial formed with the coat-of-arms of the city of Edinburgh, lined with cream silk and the Burgess Ticket, the cover engraved with a presentation inscription, marked underneath and on cover and stamped 'HAMILTON & INCHES / EDINBURGH'
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13 cm.) deep
45 oz. 6 dwt. (1,411 gr.)
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED BY / THE CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH / ALONG WITH THE BURGESS TICKET / CONFERRING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY / ON / H.R.H THE PRINCESS MARY, COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD G.B.E. / 17TH SEPTEMBER 1930. / THE RIGHT HON. THOMAS B. WHITSON. LORD PROVOST.'
MARK OF HAMILTON & INCHES, EDINBURGH, 1930
On openwork scroll feet, the sides applied with Celtic style bosses and engraved panels of architectural landmarks, the ends applied with thistles, the hinged cover with finial formed with the coat-of-arms of the city of Edinburgh, lined with cream silk and the Burgess Ticket, the cover engraved with a presentation inscription, marked underneath and on cover and stamped 'HAMILTON & INCHES / EDINBURGH'
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13 cm.) deep
45 oz. 6 dwt. (1,411 gr.)
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED BY / THE CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH / ALONG WITH THE BURGESS TICKET / CONFERRING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY / ON / H.R.H THE PRINCESS MARY, COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD G.B.E. / 17TH SEPTEMBER 1930. / THE RIGHT HON. THOMAS B. WHITSON. LORD PROVOST.'
出版
The Scotsman, 'Edinburgh honours Princess Mary', 18 September 1930, p. 12, illustrated.
榮譽呈獻
Adrian Hume Sayer