A VICTORIAN SILVER AND IVORY PRESENTATION TROWEL
MARK OF HENRY WILKINSON, LONDON, 1868
Engraved with foliage scrolls and swags and an inscription, the back engraved with a map and plans of the dock, the ivory handle carved with stiff leaves terminating in beads, contained in a fitted case
14½ in. long (37 cm.)
The inscription reads 'To Her Excellency, the Countess Spencer, on the occasion of setting the first coping stone of the Royal Naval Dock at Haulbowline on the 25th September 1869, by Earl Spencer K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland' and relates to Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903), wife of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910).
A VICTORIAN SILVER AND IVORY PRESENTATION TROWEL
MARK OF HENRY WILKINSON, LONDON, 1868
Engraved with foliage scrolls and swags and an inscription, the back engraved with a map and plans of the dock, the ivory handle carved with stiff leaves terminating in beads, contained in a fitted case
14½ in. long (37 cm.)
The inscription reads 'To Her Excellency, the Countess Spencer, on the occasion of setting the first coping stone of the Royal Naval Dock at Haulbowline on the 25th September 1869, by Earl Spencer K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland' and relates to Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903), wife of John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910).
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