Brick from Water Police Court, ca.1835?
Brick from Water Police Court, ca.1835?
About this item
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Date
ca.1835?
Call Numbers
R 1198 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 2, Shelf 31
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Physical Description
Contents
1 brick - 23 x 11.2 x 7 cm.
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 sandstock brick marked with arrow-shaped frog. 23 x 11.2 x 7 cm. The frog is a single impression shaped like an arrowhead with curved sides or like a small trowel, 7.5 x 5 cm.; it is not the "bird's foot" style convict arrow made of three converging lines.
Accompanied by handwritten note: "History note: Brick ex Water Polic court No 1. Cir...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Brick from Water Police Court, ca.1835?
Notes
Attributions / Conjectures
According to the Historic Houses Trust Justice & Police Museum guidebook, "[b]y the late 1840s both the Water Police Office and Watch House were located in The Rocks area at the Government Coxswain's Barracks, known as Cadman's Cottage. This accommodation became inadequate and in 1851 a site on the edge of the Governor's domain was selected for a n...
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, July 1976
Pic.Acc.5048
Administrative / Biographical history
Transferred from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music with no accompanying correspondence file.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 1198 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 2, Shelf 31
Record Identifier
Ydmdr229
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Ydmdr229
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913973
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