ID 812207
Lot 43 | A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER FLASK
Valeur estimée
£ 10 000 – 15 000
24 in. (63 cm.) high
153 oz. 9 dwt (4,773 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Midland Railway Compy, London & North Western Raily Great Northern Company Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Raily Compy ' and 'GUL · E · GLADSTONE / LITE / DE. SORTIENDO · INTER · SINGULAS · REDITU / QUEM · A · XV · CIVITATIBUS · PERCEPERINT / DIJUDICATA / D · D / QUARUM · ASCRIBUNTUR · NOMINA / SOCIETATES · VECTORIAE / MDCCCLVII' which translates as 'The railway companies whose names are inscribed presented this to William E. Gladstone in 1857 after the determination of the case concerning the distribution amongst them of the revenue which they were to receive from 15 towns'.
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