The casket is sterling silver with a marble base and blue velvet lining. Inscription: PRESENTED BY THE CORPORATION OF EDINBURGH / along with the Burgess Ticket / CONFERRING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY / On the Honourable Alfred Deakin / Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia / 10th May 1907 / THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES PUCKERING GIBSON, LORD PROVOST. Title supplied by cataloguer. Object image forms part of: Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library collection. The casket is owned by the Melbourne C. of E. Grammar School. Digitized images. Photographed at: Deakin University, Geelong; in the late 1990s. Colour TIFF images at 300 dpi. This forms part of Series 10 of MS0001.
Copyright notice
Deakin family. Contact Deakin University Library for enquiries.
Extent
1 casket : sterling silver, marble ; 18 x 30 x 16 cm.