Keys of the Fortress of Portsmouth, 1845. '...curious and antique emblems of are of bronze, of a deep gold colour; weigh two pounds and a half, and are fastened together by a purple ribbon, with deep gold fringe. They are each nine inches long; on the flutings is the following inscription; it should, however, be explained that the ancient keys, being much corroded, were mingled with a quantity of fresh metal, and recast in1814. "The Keys of the Fortress of Portsmouth, presented to, and most graciously received by, the Prince the twenty-first June, 1814; when L
Keys of the Fortress of Portsmouth, 1845. '...curious and antique emblems of are of bronze, of a deep gold colour; weigh two pounds and a half, and are fastened together by a purple ribbon, with deep gold fringe. They are each nine inches long; on the flutings is the following inscription; it should, however, be explained that the ancient keys, being much corroded, were mingled with a quantity of fresh metal, and recast in1814. "The Keys of the Fortress of Portsmouth, presented to, and most graciously received by, the Prince the twenty-first June, 1814; when Houston was the , and Major-General Fisher the Commanding Engineer. "JOHN OWEN, Fecit.'' When her Majesty [Queen Victoria] received the keys on her first took them away with her in the carriage, and kept them for some time, to examine them'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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