3-046-998 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Claret jug presented to the Lord Mayor of London, 1872. 'The handsome glass claret-jug which was presented to the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Sills J. Gibbons, by a deputation of the working classes at the Mansion House, on Tuesday week, is shown in our Engraving. It was meant to express their gratitude for the efforts the Lord Mayor has liberally made to secure Alexandra Park for the general recreation of the people. This is the record inscribed upon the claret-jug. The leader of the deputation, Mr. H. Bolleter, in addressing his Lordship, said that the working men of London were much interested in the proposed purchase of Alexandra Park'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.