Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 391
An Indian presentation silver freedom casket
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500
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Description
An Indian presentation silver freedom casket,
unmarked, circa 1948,
rectangular form, canted corners, foliate borders, drop ring handles in the Art Deco manner, the hinged cover mounted with the Colonial Arms of Bombay, the reverse with two panels of a bus and a tram, and with a vacant cartouche, the hinged cover and front with panels of buildings and inscribed 'Presented to Mr. A. L. Guildford, Bsc. M.I.E.E., by The Officers and Staff of The Bombay Electrical Supply and Transport, Undertaking as a Memento on his Retirement, 22 April 1948', velvet lined, length 39.8cm, approx. weight 100oz.