• Title
  [Silver trowel used by Sir Francis Forbes to lay the foundation stone of the Sydney College, 1830]
• Call number
  R 50
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1830
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  446675
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 diamond shaped flat silver trowel, with rising haft to bone handle - ca. 18.5 long (including handle) x 5.5 cm at widest part
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  This trowel was used by the first Chief Justice of NSW, Sir Francis Forbes, to lay the foundation stone of the non-denominational Sydney College on 26 January 1830. The stone was then '...allowed to lie alone like a solitary egg in a deserted nest for 18 months thereafter...' [Dow, 1974]. Sydney College closed in 1847, but was reconstituted as Sydney Grammar School in 1857. Reference: 'Stories in Silver' exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, 1996.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a928428
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The upper side of the trowel is inscribed "To The Honble. Chief Justice Forbes. Saml. Terry ex Treasurer April 15 1836". On the bottom is inscribed: "Foundation Stone of the Sydney College laid Jany. 26 1830".
• Subject
  Forbes, Francis, Sir, 1784-1841.
  
• Topic
  judges
  presentation pieces
  schools & colleges
  trowels
  
• Place
  Sydney Grammar School (College Street, Sydney, N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Stories in silver - State Library of New South Wales
  Sesquicentenary Celebrations, Sydney Grammar School - Sydney Grammar School
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3313460

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