• Title
  Silver candelabra presented to Sir Francis Forbes, 1836 / B. Smith
• Creator
  B. Smith
• Call number
  XR 11
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 58
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1836
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  888899
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 candelabra - silver, in glass case
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• General note
  
  This candelabra is mentioned in the Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 1839
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The candelabra was presented to the Chief Justice of New South Wales by the colonists. One side of the base is engraved as follows: 'To the Honorable the Chief Justice Forbes in token of respect and esteem for his public and private virtues. The colonists of New South Wales 1836.' Below this is engraved the silversmith's name 'B. Smith Duke St. Linn. [ie. Lincoln's] Inn Fields'.
• Subject
  Forbes, Francis, Sir, 1784-1841.
  
• Topic
  candelabra
  silverware
  presentation pieces
  colonists
  judges
  
• Place
  London (England)
  New South Wales
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE7635093

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