A 1940's silver mounted oak Freedom Casket for the City of Carlisle, the replica of the...

A 1940's silver mounted oak Freedom Casket for the City of Carlisle, the replica of the fifteenth century Common Chest of Carlisle opening to a presentation plaque and Honorary Freeman scroll named to Herbert Atkinson Esq., J.P,. Hallmarked Birmingham 1947 with the maker's mark H.S. Length measuring 9 1/4 inches (23.5 cm).     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         'Presented with the Honorary Freedom of the City by the Mayor Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Carlisle to Herbert Atkinson. Esq. J.P. A Member of the City Council for Twenty-Eight Years and Mayor in 1932-33, in Appreciation and Acknowledgment of his Distinguished Services to the Local Government of the City 2nd April, 1951.

Please see Lot 837.