3-082-959 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Casket presented to the Shahzada by the City Corporation, 1895. 'The solid gold casket containing the address of welcome presented to H.H. the Shahzada [crown prince of Afghanistan] by the Corporation at the Guildhall on June 6 was the work of Messrs. Mappin and Webb, of 2, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., and 151 to 162, Oxford Street, W. The right and left panels bear the monograms of the Shahzada and the Ameer, respectively, divided from the centre panel by pillars in repoussé Persian Arabesque, The reverse bears an equivalent inscription in Persian characters, flanked by the arms of Afghanistan, with pilasters and ornamentation as on the obverse. Upon either extremity are depicted in relief views of the Guildhall and Dorchester House [the prince's residence while in London]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.