Sir John A. Macdonald’s silver casket
Canadian Museum of History, 991.2.1.1, IMG2009-0063-0123-Dm
This casket was presented to Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada, on January 11, 1885, by his “Political friends from the city and district of Quebec,” in honour of his 70th birthday and 40 years of public life.