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Lot 539
A VICTORIAN SILVER PRESENTATION TROWEL
MARK OF EDWARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1859
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A VICTORIAN SILVER PRESENTATION TROWEL
MARK OF EDWARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1859
The blade engraved with scrolls around a presentation inscription, with turned baluster ivory handle; together with another smaller Victorian example by Henry Wilkinson and Co., Sheffield, 1854, also with baluster turned ivory handle; and a third George II example, London, 1744; the first two engraved with presentation inscription, the third with cypher below a later engraved initial 'V' below a marquess' coronet; each marked on blade
the first, 13.7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) long
The first inscription reads 'Presented / to / the Most Hon. Frances Anne / Marchioness of Londonderry / Dec.12th.1859 / on the occasion / of laying the first stone / of the blast furnaces / at Seaham Harbour. / by / Robert Wright Esquire, / who first Established / Iron Works there. / in the Year 1844.'
The inscription on the second reads 'The / Trowel / with which the Foundation stone / of the / Church in New Seaham, / was laid by / Frances Anne Vane / Marchioness of Londonderry. / Monday 13th Augt. 1855.'
The initial 'V' on the third trowel is for George, 2nd Earl Vane (1821-1884), second son of Charles, 1st Earl Vane and 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) by his second wife. George succeeded his father by special remainder as Earl Vane. He later succeeded his elder half brother as 5th Marquess of Londonderry on the latter's death in 1872
MARK OF EDWARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1859
The blade engraved with scrolls around a presentation inscription, with turned baluster ivory handle; together with another smaller Victorian example by Henry Wilkinson and Co., Sheffield, 1854, also with baluster turned ivory handle; and a third George II example, London, 1744; the first two engraved with presentation inscription, the third with cypher below a later engraved initial 'V' below a marquess' coronet; each marked on blade
the first, 13.7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) long
The first inscription reads 'Presented / to / the Most Hon. Frances Anne / Marchioness of Londonderry / Dec.12th.1859 / on the occasion / of laying the first stone / of the blast furnaces / at Seaham Harbour. / by / Robert Wright Esquire, / who first Established / Iron Works there. / in the Year 1844.'
The inscription on the second reads 'The / Trowel / with which the Foundation stone / of the / Church in New Seaham, / was laid by / Frances Anne Vane / Marchioness of Londonderry. / Monday 13th Augt. 1855.'
The initial 'V' on the third trowel is for George, 2nd Earl Vane (1821-1884), second son of Charles, 1st Earl Vane and 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) by his second wife. George succeeded his father by special remainder as Earl Vane. He later succeeded his elder half brother as 5th Marquess of Londonderry on the latter's death in 1872
A VICTORIAN SILVER PRESENTATION TROWEL
MARK OF EDWARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1859
The blade engraved with scrolls around a presentation inscription, with turned baluster ivory handle; together with another smaller Victorian example by Henry Wilkinson and Co., Sheffield, 1854, also with baluster turned ivory handle; and a third George II example, London, 1744; the first two engraved with presentation inscription, the third with cypher below a later engraved initial 'V' below a marquess' coronet; each marked on blade
the first, 13.7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) long
The first inscription reads 'Presented / to / the Most Hon. Frances Anne / Marchioness of Londonderry / Dec.12th.1859 / on the occasion / of laying the first stone / of the blast furnaces / at Seaham Harbour. / by / Robert Wright Esquire, / who first Established / Iron Works there. / in the Year 1844.'
The inscription on the second reads 'The / Trowel / with which the Foundation stone / of the / Church in New Seaham, / was laid by / Frances Anne Vane / Marchioness of Londonderry. / Monday 13th Augt. 1855.'
The initial 'V' on the third trowel is for George, 2nd Earl Vane (1821-1884), second son of Charles, 1st Earl Vane and 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) by his second wife. George succeeded his father by special remainder as Earl Vane. He later succeeded his elder half brother as 5th Marquess of Londonderry on the latter's death in 1872
MARK OF EDWARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1859
The blade engraved with scrolls around a presentation inscription, with turned baluster ivory handle; together with another smaller Victorian example by Henry Wilkinson and Co., Sheffield, 1854, also with baluster turned ivory handle; and a third George II example, London, 1744; the first two engraved with presentation inscription, the third with cypher below a later engraved initial 'V' below a marquess' coronet; each marked on blade
the first, 13.7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) long
The first inscription reads 'Presented / to / the Most Hon. Frances Anne / Marchioness of Londonderry / Dec.12th.1859 / on the occasion / of laying the first stone / of the blast furnaces / at Seaham Harbour. / by / Robert Wright Esquire, / who first Established / Iron Works there. / in the Year 1844.'
The inscription on the second reads 'The / Trowel / with which the Foundation stone / of the / Church in New Seaham, / was laid by / Frances Anne Vane / Marchioness of Londonderry. / Monday 13th Augt. 1855.'
The initial 'V' on the third trowel is for George, 2nd Earl Vane (1821-1884), second son of Charles, 1st Earl Vane and 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) by his second wife. George succeeded his father by special remainder as Earl Vane. He later succeeded his elder half brother as 5th Marquess of Londonderry on the latter's death in 1872
Wynyard Park inventory, 1886, vol. ii, p. 386, monumental room, case no. 12 ‘silver trowel with which the first stone of Seaham New Colliery Church was laid in memory of a beloved husband by his mourning widow Frances Anne August 13th 1855’.
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