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404078
  • Title
    Frederick Danvers Power realia, 1829-1901
  • Call number
    R 902
    R 903
    R 904
    R 905
    LR 79
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1829-1901
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    404078
  • Issue Copy
    Partly Digitised : R 905
  • Physical Description
    Objects
  • Scope and Content
    FREDERICK DANVERS POWER
    Miniature "Frederick Danvers Power. Aged about 2 years, taken by his father, Samuel Browning Powers" -- image 4.5 x 3.5 cm., in frame 8.5 x 6 cm., captioned on reverse of image (Call No.: R 902/a)

    Gold signet ring with coat of arms, engraved inside "Federick Danvers Power, 31st May 1883" in box (Call No.: R 902/b)

    Cornelian seal with wooden handle engraved with "F.D.P" and coat of arms -- 4.5 x 2.4 cm. (Call No.: R 902/c)

    EPNS match case with coat of arms -- 5 x 4.9 cm. (Call No.: R 902/d)

    Silver wolf scout award on green and gold ribbon -- figurine, 4 x 4 cm., on ribbon 42 x 3.5 cm. (Call No.: R 902/e)

    Electroplated spirit flask and matching sandwich box by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, in leather case. "To F. Danvers Power F.G.S., from J.I., The Caves trip, March 1898" engraved on front of flask and box -- flask, 13.5 x 10.5 cm., box, 13.5 x 11 cm., in case 14 x 13 cm. (Call No.: R 903/a-c)

    [Figure with pan, riverscape and trees] -- oil on small circular metal plate with hanger on reverse, 20.5 cm., diam. (Call No.: R 904)

    Wedding present - Large EPNS oval tray with 6 feet. Engraved with 8 medallions and initials at centre to commemorate the marriage of Frederick Danvers Power to Muriel Blain, 1901 -- 62.2 x 47 x 10 cm. (Call No.: LR 79)

    REV. ROBERT BLAIN
    5 piece matching floral embossed presentation EPNS tea and coffee service, stamped "G.W." and consisting of tea kettle with pomegranate finial on stand with burner, with inscription, 41 x 28 cm. Teapot, with inscription, 15 x 28 cm. Coffee pot, 29 x 24 cm. Milk jug, 15 x 12 cm. Open double handled sugar bowl, 14 x 21 cm. Inscription: "After an address and presentation to the Rev. Robert Blain, on the resignation of his charge as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, for twenty three years, this tea service was presented to Mrs. Blain, by the people of Hinton, as a permanent record of their grateful sense of her unremitting attention to the children in the Sabbath school, and in many other ways, January 1861" (Call No.: LR 80)

    LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
    Pocket thermometer, on a metal engraved scale, 200 degrees fahrenheit, engraved "Paris 1829" (with bulb broken), in wooden case inscribed inside lid "16th Octbr 1846 Ludwig Leichhardt" -- 14.5 x 4.3 cm. (Call No.: R 905/a)

    Circular metal cased compass engraved on reverse "Dollond London" and extended carrier loop -- 5 cm. diam., height with loop, 6.5 cm. (Call No.: R 905/b)

    Accompanying notes and letter RE: provenance of thermometer and compass said to belong to Ludwig Leichhardt -- 6 items (Call No.: R 905/c)
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • General note

    Digital order no:Album ID : 823905
    Thermometer preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002 (R 905a)

    Compass digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002 (R 905b)
  • Creator/Author/Artist
  • Subject
  • Topic
  • Exhibited in

    Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (September 2003 - June 2004 ). Applies to: R 905a & R 905b
    First name Ludwig - Leichhardt Municipal Library (August 2004 - October 2004). Applies to: R 905(b)
    Extremes: great deserts of the southern hemisphere - National Museum of Australia. Applies to: R 905(b)
    Learning Services Program display 2014-2015 - State Library of New South Wales (January 2014 - January 2015). Applies to: R 905b: May 2013 - May 2014
    Learning Services Program display 2014-2015 - State Library of New South Wales (January, 2014 - January, 2015)
    Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019 - State Library of New South Wales (April 2018 - April 2019). Applies to: R 905/b
    Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 18 April 2019 to 20 April 2020 - State Library of New South Wales (April 2019 - April 2020). Applies to: R 905/b

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