Seal; powder flask; two serviette rings; and one pair sugar tongs belonging to Charles Harpur, ca. 1...
Seal; powder flask; two serviette rings; and one pair sugar tongs belonging to Charles Harpur, ca. 1813-1868
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1813-1868
Call Numbers
R 2087
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
2 serviette rings - 4 cm (diameter) - silver
1 sugar tongs - 11.8 x 6 cm - silver
1 seal - 8.5 x 3 cm - ivory handle & metal base:
1 powder flask - 18 x 8.4 cm - brass:
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Scope and Contents
Contents
R 2087
Item 1. Seal consists of a metal base with detachable ivory handle.
Item 2. Powder flask, has a shell design on lower section and embossed design around neck. Face of seal engraved with a plain pattern.
Item 3. Sugar tongs have leaf design on handle and tongs.
Item 4. Serviette rings have embossed leaf design around edges.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Seal; powder flask; two serviette rings; and one pair sugar tongs belonging to Charles Harpur, ca. 1813-1868
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
Signature / Inscriptions
Serviette rings & sugar tongs inscribed with silversmith's mark.
Date note
No date. Dated from Charles Harpur's lifetime.
Conservation note
Good Condition; powder monkey dented at lower with smaller indentation on other side
Description source
Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Cecil B. Griffiths, May 1991
Pic.Acc.7230
Administrative / Biographical history
Charles Harpur was born at Windsor, NSW in 1813, the son of emancipated convicts. By 1833 he had moved to Sydney, where he began contributing poems to local newspapers and periodicals. For the rest of his life Harpur remained a prolific contributor of poetry, journalism, and criticism to the colonial press. His work was much admired by literary me...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 2087
Record Identifier
1bGdlb8Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1bGdlb8Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
906379
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