A VICTORIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL CASKET
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1871
A VICTORIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL CASKET APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1871 Oblong and on four cast crouching Angel feet, the sides finely engraved with scenes emblematic of the good works of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the front applied with an enamelled coat-of-arms below a baroness' coronet, the domed cover engraved on the short ends with pastoral scenes and on one long end with a scene of ships at sail, the other side engraved with a presentation inscription, all below an enamelled coat-of-arms, the border engraved with a further inscription, the inside of the cover engraved with a view of Columbia Market, mounted to a wood base and fitted with a glass dome and with a presentation scroll 6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide The arms on the cover are those of the City of London. The arms on the front are those of Burdett quartering Coutts for Angela Georgina, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906). The presentation inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE ANGELA GEORGINA BARONESS COUTTS BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRANSFER BY HER LADYSHIP OF COLUMBIA MARKET TO THE CORPORATION' The inscription around the cover reads ' LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MAN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN '
A VICTORIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL CASKET
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1871
A VICTORIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL CASKET APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1871 Oblong and on four cast crouching Angel feet, the sides finely engraved with scenes emblematic of the good works of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the front applied with an enamelled coat-of-arms below a baroness' coronet, the domed cover engraved on the short ends with pastoral scenes and on one long end with a scene of ships at sail, the other side engraved with a presentation inscription, all below an enamelled coat-of-arms, the border engraved with a further inscription, the inside of the cover engraved with a view of Columbia Market, mounted to a wood base and fitted with a glass dome and with a presentation scroll 6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide The arms on the cover are those of the City of London. The arms on the front are those of Burdett quartering Coutts for Angela Georgina, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906). The presentation inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE ANGELA GEORGINA BARONESS COUTTS BY THE CORPORATION OF LONDON IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TRANSFER BY HER LADYSHIP OF COLUMBIA MARKET TO THE CORPORATION' The inscription around the cover reads ' LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MAN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN '
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