A CREAM SILK PRINTED "FAREWELL" SCROLL from the "Members of the District Board of Dacca"

A CREAM SILK PRINTED "FAREWELL" SCROLL from the "Members of the District Board of Dacca", dated August 1931, signed by the Chairman, by the Screenath Press, Dacca, 25" x 13 1/2", contained in a lined wood cylinder with foliate pierced and chased white metal ends and plaque engraved with dated inscription, 14 1/2" long, cased (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) This is part of a collection of scrolls awarded to Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (Governor of Bengal) of Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Soldier, Politician and Cricketer (played twenty Test Matches 1893-1905 scoring 1415 runs including five centuries)