Item 18: [Silver trowel used by Lachlan Macquarie at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the f...
Item 18: [Silver trowel used by Lachlan Macquarie at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the f...
Item 18: [Silver trowel used by Lachlan Macquarie at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the first Catholic chapel in Sydney, 29 Oct. 1821]
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1821
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 328
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 28 cm. long - 1 engraved silver trowel (elliptical in shape) with ivory handle
Objects - 19 cm. (length) x 9 cm. (width at widest point) - stained - 1 chamois sheath, to protect silver blade
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Digitised
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Full title
Item 18: [Silver trowel used by Lachlan Macquarie at the ceremony of laying the first stone of the first Catholic chapel in Sydney, 29 Oct. 1821]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824105...
Signature / Inscriptions
"The Captn. Gen. Governor & Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral, and Commander of the Forces in and over the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies. His Excellency Lachlan Macquarie Esq. Major General in the Army &c &c &c. Used this Instrument at the Ceremony of laying the first Stone of the first Catholic Chapel erected in the said Territo...
Conservation note
Polished with a soft cloth,19/06/1991 (Req.2290)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mr & Mrs C.G. Campbell of Jura, Argyllshire, Scotland, 1962
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
The first Catholic chapel was erected on land granted to Fathers Conolly and Therry, now the site of the present day St. Mary's Cathedral. The original chapel burnt down on 29 June 1865 and the subsequent pro-cathedral suffered the same fate in 1869. Reference: 'Stories in Silver' display (curated by Brian Eggleton), State Library of New South Wale...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 328
Record Identifier
nQR2VOA1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2VOA1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430599
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