Presentation casket of beer

Made:
1939

Presentation casket, wooden, with brass plate on lid engraved 'LMS Hotels bottled Bass red triangle 1939 presented to British Transport Hotels Ltd by Bass Charrington Ltd", containing beer bottle of Bass Red Triangle beer, bottled for the London Midland & Scottish Railway reputedly one of the last bottles of beer sold on a train before the outbreak of World War II.

Details

Category:
Passenger Comforts
Object Number:
1998-8317
Materials:
wood, brass and glass
Measurements:
overall: 5 x 6 x 10 in.; 12.7 x 15.24 x 25.4 cm
type:
casket
credit:
British Transport Hotels