Westminster Abbey Card Case, 1845

An excellent example of a castle top card case with crisp view of Westminster Abbey. The reverse side has an original presentation engraving within the central cartouche "SH to CEA".

This Abbey in central London has been the coronation church for all English kings and queens since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs. Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation’s history are buried or commemorated. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the UK, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart.