Octagonal table, ca. 1892
Octagonal table, ca. 1892
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1892
Call Numbers
DR 178
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Physical Description
Contents
1 table - 73 cm in diameter x 67.5 cm - oak
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Eight triangular-shaped panels radiating from gold painted metal star at centre of table top. Star bears inscription: 'Made from the First British Oak planted in Australia by Governor Phillip in Phillip St., Sydney, known as Governor Phillip's Oak. Planted 1787[sic] felled 1892'. Top supported by four carved legs which intersect each other to form...
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Full title
Octagonal table, ca. 1892
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Spencer List number: Unnumbered
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DR 178
Record Identifier
Yr8RELNn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8RELNn
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Reference code
890668
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