William Ewart Gladstone, Cigar Case
William Ewart Gladstone, Cigar Case, silver and gilt, 1898, by Hunt and Roskell, the lid bearing a silver medal by L. C. Wyon to commemorate Gladstone's seventieth birthday, WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE/ AET 70. / 29TH DECEMBER 1879/ LIVERPOOL, rev. the outer part of the lid engraved with the legend, BORN AT LIVERPOOL 1809/ BURIED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY 1898. 140 x 110 x 52 mm. ( BHM. 3054). Good very fine. £Sold
The box contains a calling card for Mrs. E. Stewart Brown of Anglesey. On the back it states the box was presented to her grandfather, Robert D. Holt on his 70th birthday.
Robert Durning Holt, 1832 - 1908, was an English ship owner, cotton-broker and local politician.He was Mayor of Liverpool and first Lord Mayor of Liverpool 1892-1893.He was a Liberal and his son became Liberal M.P. for the city.
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