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A VICTORIAN SILVER AND IVORY PRESENTATION TROWEL
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A VICTORIAN SILVER AND IVORY PRESENTATION TROWEL

MARK OF HENRY WILKINSON, LONDON, 1868

已結束2010年7月8日

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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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Charlotte, Countess Spencer (1835-1903) and her husband John, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) travelled to unveil the Royal Naval Dock by steamer having visited the Cork Butter exchange. Following the ceremony the Earl's party lunched on H.M.S Agincourt. The British first fortified Haulbowline Island in Cork Bay in 1602. The docks were much developed during the Napoleonic Wars. The island is now used by the Irish Navy.