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Description: | The silver and silver-gilt casket with scrolling foliage feet, decorated on the sides with applied trophies, one Maritime, the other Civil, with leaves in the corners and frames for pictures. Enamelled with views of the High Level Bridge, Swing Bridge, Laing Art Gallery, Castle Keep and Guildhall. An oval frame in the centre with a union jack, the other with a cock. The detachable domed lid with chased decoration and cast finial in the form of the arms of Newcastle. The separate case and base of wood and blue and cream velvet and satin lining with maroon velvet outer covering. The paper scroll painted with a portrait of Alexander Laing and the arms of Newcastle and an inscription relating to his freedom of the city.
Material: metal, silver
Material: metal, silver (gilt) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.decorativeart&design.2712 | Go to resource |
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