Rowland Hill Presentation Casket

Accession number: OB1994.309

This casket was made to contain the document granting Sir Rowland Hill the Freedom of the City of London in 1879. Hill was too ill to attend the customary ceremony at Guildhall. The honour was therefore presented to him in his sickroom. He died just a few weeks later.

The casket is decorated with an engraving of the Mulready envelope design, with an enamel Penny Red at its base.