Lot 181
  • 181

A Victorian silver-gilt freedom box and seal-case, Muirhead & Arthur, Glasgow, 1879

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • box 19cm, 7.5in long
chased and engraved with Renaissance-style masks and floral and foliate designs, at centre of the domed cover the arms of Glasglow, signed Muirhead & Arthur, Glasgow, containing within the manuscript document admitting The Rt Hon Sir William Vernon Harcourt a Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Glasgow, dated 25 October 1881, seal within a silver-gilt case