Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 29th April 2014
Lot 1354
A late-Victorian bound illuminated manuscript
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £160
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Description
A late-Victorian bound illuminated manuscript,
celebrating the baronetcy of Sir Harry Hornby, in the New Years List in 1899, from the staff of Brookhouse Mills, Blackburn, signed by some employees and dated Brookhouse Mills January 1899, the cover with the Blackburn coat of arms, in a fitted case, with the monogram HH, plus an illuminated hand written letter from the children of St. Anne's, dated 27th April 1899, thanking Sir W. Hornby for coming to open the new School, in a tooled leather case. (2)