Realia of Mary Ann Piper & John Piper
Realia of Mary Ann Piper & John Piper
About this item
Full title
Date
Between 1844 and 1871
Call Numbers
R 972
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Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 19 cm. length - chips on both handles; hooks rusted - 2 bone-handled boot hooks
Objects - 3.5 cm. diameter at widest point; 8 cm. long folded; 18 cm. long extended - 1 brass pocket telescope
Objects - 26 cm. long folded; 63 cm. long extended - loose lens - 1 brass naval telescope with mahogany casing
Objects - 25 x 25 cm. - 1 square linen handkerchief
Objects - 5 cm. high - broken - 4 pieces (incomplete) - 1 china teacup
Objects - 5 cm. high - 1 glass inkwell with metal rim
Objects - 20 cm. x 13 cm. x 7 cm. - mirror loose & 3 of the 4 feet are missing from the base, as is the key for the front lock, which is broken; crank key missing from base - 1 wooden music box with mirror inlaid into hinged lid and carry handle
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Scope and Contents
Contents
a & b. Boot hooks
c. Pocket telescope
d. Naval telescope
e. Handkerchief
f. Teacup
g. Inkwell
h. Music box
Alternative Titles
Full title
Realia of Mary Ann Piper & John Piper
Notes
General note
Undated however the material was collected from Piper's residence at Westbourne, which John Piper resided in after 1844 till his death in 1851, then Mary Ann lived on there until her death 20 years later. Sources: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1788-1850 & notes on ML file
The telescopes and boot hooks belonged to John Piper; the handkerchi...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased July 2006
Administrative / Biographical history
John Piper, military officer and public servant, was born in 1773 in Scotland. He arrived in Sydney in 1792 to serve as an ensign in the New South Wales Corps before transferring to Norfolk Island (1793-1795). In 1795 John Piper returned to the mainland being promoted to lieutenant and was appointed Captain in 1800. Piper served a second term on N...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 972
Record Identifier
n7oVmkyn
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
449188
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