Certificate
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Enamel, Gold, Lapis, Paper, Silver, Silver-gilt, Walnut
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429236.3
Summary
Certificate of Admission of the Earl of Beaconsfield to the Freedom of the City of London. Held inside a gold casket on walnut base in Moorish style (429236.1). Britannia seated on top with shield enamelled with Union Jack design. The sides support shields set between blue lapis columns enamelled with the devices of the Royal Arms, Disraeli's arms and Arms of Denmark, Austria, Russia?, Germany, France. Plaque on base inscribed with the City's resolution dated 18th June 1878. On the base are silver gilt studs with lapis centres and four reclining lions. See also 429236.2 for casket's leather case.