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Hong Kong
Silver Jubilee address and casket 1935
Paper, ivory, wood and white metal | 13.5 x 56.0 x 12.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 69577
Hong Kong
Master: Silver Jubilee address and casket 1935
Hong Kong
Master: Silver Jubilee address and casket 1935
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A Silver Jubilee manuscript address with a foliate border depicting the national flowers of Great Britain and Ireland on a red background, on an ivory roller with carved finials. It is kept in a rectangular, wooden presentation box with hinged lid bearing the colonial badge of Hong Kong - a crown above a scene of three merchants and a pile of cargo with a Chinese junk and European style ship in the mid-ground, the background shows mountains and buildings; all contained within a garter.
Provenance
Presented to King George V by the people of Hong Kong, on the occasion of his SIlver Jubilee in 1935
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Creator(s)
(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Paper, ivory, wood and white metal
Measurements
13.5 x 56.0 x 12.5 cm (whole object)
