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Asprey London Solid Sterling Silver Cigarette Box Owned By The Mayor of London

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About the Item

A Sterling Silver Hallmarked Engine Turned Cigarette Presentation Box With A Textured Border, by Asprey & Co London. Within an original Asprey & Co fitted case. Weight of silver 475g Marked 1958 British Historical Interest. Within the gilt lined hinged lid is an engraving. Stamped ASPREY, with red box showing the Royal Warrant to our Late Queen Elizabeth II Provenance: Presented to Baron Plummer Conservative Leader of the Opposition Party 1966. "Councillor and Mrs Desmond Plummer Mayor and Mayoress of St. Marylebone London 51958-1959 From the members of the Council in appreciation of there services" and bearing the borough Coat of Arms. About the owner of the goods. Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer, Baron Plummer of St Marylebone, TD, DL, FRSA (25 May 1914 – 2 October 2009) was a British Conservative Party politician in London and the longest serving Leader of the Greater London Council 1967–1973. Plummer went to Hurstpierpoint College and the College of Estate Management. He qualified as a Surveyor but his career was curtailed by World War II where he served with the Royal Engineers leaving with the rank of Major. In 1950 he was awarded the Territorial Decoration for long service in the Territorial Army, and he was a member of the Territorial Army Sports Board from 1953 until 1979. Plummer was elected to St. Marylebone Borough Council in May 1952 and served as Mayor of the Borough in 1958. He was selected as a Conservative candidate for a byelection to the London County Council in St Marylebone in 1960, and returned unopposed for the safe seat. He was elected to its successor, the Greater London Council, in 1964 for Westminster and the City of London and in 1973 for St Marylebone. By 1966 Plummer was chosen as Leader of the Opposition in succession to Sir Percy Rugg, just a year before the GLC elections. With Harold Wilson's Labour Government growing ever more unpopular he won a landslide victory in 1967. One of Plummer's first acts was the official opening of the Southbound Blackwall Tunnel, as witnessed by an inscription on its entrance . His GLC pioneered the sale of council housing, and negotiated from the Government the power to run the London Underground and the rest of London Transport in 1969. The Conservatives were re-elected under Plummer in 1970 a few weeks before the general election, although Labour regained control of the Inner London Education Authority. Plummer was the only Leader of the GLC to get a second term. He was knighted in 1971. However, the second term saw the GLC embark on a highly controversial policy over urban transport. Plummer believed that London's streets, constructed before the car, were insufficient to cope with the growing traffic, and proposed to deal with the problem by creating urban Motorways in the 'Motorway Box'. The GLC would compulsorily purchase homes and construct three separate ring roads. Although previous administrations had built short stretches of motorway, this was the first comprehensive policy. The first stretch to be built was the Westway from Marylebone to Acton, which involved the demolition of thousands of homes and building a large concrete flyover which continues to be the major route into central London from the west. Residents in areas where the new motorways were to go declared their firm opposition, and the Labour opposition pledged to scrap the schemes and instead subsidise public transport. This, combined with the difficulties of Edward Heath's Conservative government, led to Plummer and the Conservatives being voted out in 1973. Plummer had a series of prominent posts within the Conservative Party. He had already been Chairman of his own Association in 1965, and served on the Executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations from 1967 to 1976. When defeated, he was appointed Chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board in 1974. Plummer resigned the Leadership of the Conservative Group on the GLC that year, to be succeeded by Horace Cutler, and resigned from the Council in 1976. Dimensions of outer box HEIGHT 5.7cmWIDTH 18cmDEPTH 14.6cm Dimensions of silver case HEIGHT 3.7cmWIDTH 14cmDEPTH 10.8cm
  • Creator:
    Charles & George Asprey (Manufacturer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1.46 in (3.7 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 4.26 in (10.8 cm)
  • Style:
    Victorian (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Silver
  • Place of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Period:
    20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1900's
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. In original condition, light surface wear in keeping with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Reading, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: KF fs all 1stDibs: LU8232236697282

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