{"product_id":"edwardian-sterling-silver-gilt-presentation-key-for-the-bishop-s-castle-nurses-home-1912","title":"Edwardian Sterling Silver-Gilt Presentation Key for the Bishop’s Castle Nurses’ Home, 1912","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn ornate Edwardian ceremonial presentation key crafted in London-hallmarked sterling silver with a gilt finish. The key features a slender fluted stem enriched with beaded and foliate ornament, an architectural bit, and an oval presentation plaque framed by finely textured ribbon and leafy decoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plaque is engraved:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Presented to\u003cbr\u003eThe Hon. Mrs. Heywood-Lonsdale\u003cbr\u003eon the occasion of\u003cbr\u003eher opening the\u003cbr\u003eBishop’s Castle Nurses’ Home\u003cbr\u003e11th May 1912”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reverse of the plaque is unengraved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe key bears the maker’s mark “G\u0026amp;S Co Ltd” for Goldsmiths \u0026amp; Silversmiths Co. Ltd., together with the lion passant denoting sterling silver, the leopard’s head for the London Assay Office, and the lowercase date letter “q” for 1911. The key was therefore hallmarked in London shortly before its formal presentation in May 1912.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49030889308415,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/FDBFE471-98FB-4F93-AEB2-003259307080.png?v=1786984026","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/es\/products\/edwardian-sterling-silver-gilt-presentation-key-for-the-bishop-s-castle-nurses-home-1912","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}