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Highly important La Trobe silver & ivory presentation trowel,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2012
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Description:
Highly important La Trobe silver & ivory presentation trowel, modelled in the usual manner, the stained and incised ivory grip with grape leaves, leading to the silver cap with foliate chasing, the tapered blade engraved: 'Presented/ to/ Charles Joseph La Trobe Esq/ Lieutenant Governor/ of the Colony of Victoria/ on the occasion of his laying/ the Foundation stone/ of the Hawthorne Church/ and National Schools/ Hawthorne 19th Nov/ AD 1855', mounted in its 2001 exhibition case. Marks: script to face 'Bates fecit'. Length 33.5 cm. Provenance: Vizard Foundation. 2001 Geelong Exhibition no 2.
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Category:
Unclassified