Lot 237 - "Fourth Of July Oration" Antique Boston City Council Speech Booklet By Gen. John L. Swift, Printed By Order Of The City Council, Boston, Massachusetts, 1889

Lot 237 - "Fourth Of July Oration" Antique Boston City Council Speech Booklet By Gen. John L. Swift, Printed By Order Of The City Council, Boston, Massachusetts, 1889Antique printed speech booklet titled "Fourth of July Oration," delivered before the City Council and citizens of Boston on the one hundred and thirteenth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July four, 1889, by Gen. John L. Swift. The cover features gilt titling and decorative borders with the City of Boston seal and the date 1889, and the interior includes patterned endpapers and a title page reading "Boston: Printed by order of the City

The opening of the beak acts as the ashtray where the user would dispense their ashes or store their pipe

for next year’s calendar pad

Three-dimensional metal letter S constructed from formed sheet metal

Wilhelm Lübke

daughter of George and Sarah Jones

Dimensions: 10" L x 14" H

There is a slot in the lid to deposit communications or ballots

and at least one section of pages removed

Both handle and bell show some wear from handling and use over the years

City of Chicago

Condition notes include edge wear and rubbing to the slipcase and covers

but suede interior remains soft and supple