Canada
Presentation casket 1959
Silver, leather, paper | RCIN 60115
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A two-handled rectangular sterling silver presentation casket, resting on out-turned pierced maple leaf legs, with crossed maple leaf branches applied to the front and back of bottom edge of the casket. Engraved on the top with a map of the St Lawrence Seaway with a Royal coat of arms and motto.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II in 1959 in Canada. The book inside the casket records all those who worked to build the St. Lawrence Seaway
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