£3,600
AN ART DECO SILVER FREEDOM CASKET enamelled with the arms of the Corporation of Blackpool (granted 1899) the finial enamelled en basse taille with the crest and motto FEDEI COMMISSA TENEO and engraved to the front Presented by the Mayor and Corporation of Blackpool to Sir Josiah Stamp GCB, GBE, LLD, DSc, FBA On the occasion of his admission as honorary Freeman of the Borough 23rd March 1937, lined in ivory silk and blue velvet, 40cm l, underside engraved for the retailer GOMERSALL'S
JEWELLERS & SILVERSMITHS CLIFTON STREET BLACKPOOL, by Aidie Bros Ltd, Birmingham 1936 and illuminated Freedom scroll backed on watered silk, on ivory roller, fringed, with silk tassels, mayoral banquet menu, Imperial Hotel Blackpool, 23 March 1937 and two congratulatory telegrams (4)
Sir Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (1880-1941) who, at the time of his death, was said to be the second wealthiest man in Britain. A Civil Servant and columnist who turned to commerce, he was Chairman of the LMS Railway and a director of the Bank of England. He, his wife and eldest son were killed when their home Shortlands, at Bromley, Kent, was destroyed in an air raid on the night of April 16th, 1941
Good condition
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