• Title
  [Portable wooden washstand with glass and ceramic fittings, said to have been the property of Lord Nelson, and acquired by William or David Ogilvie in the early 19th century after Nelson's death]
• Call number
  SAFE/XR 63
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 57
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1790-1850
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  152912
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 wooden washstand with removable turned wooden legs (probably mid-19th century) - white ceramic water jug - white ceramic bowl - glass water carafe - glass drinking tumbler - white ceramic brush dish - white ceramic soap dish
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  The Ogilvie and Street families believe that the washstand was given by Lord Nelson to Captain William Ogilvie, see Annals of the Street Family of Birtley / Kenneth Whistler Street. Sydney, 1941. George Farwell, in Squatter's Castle: the Story of a pastoral dynasty. Melbourne, Vic : Lansdowne, 1973, believes that the washstand is more likely to have been acquired by William Ogilvie's brother, David, a midshipman on HMS Victory, after the Battle of Trafalgar.
  Digital order no:a126017
• Name
  Ogilvie family
  
• Subject
  Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
  
• Topic
  washstands
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Private Lives: Families of N.S.W. - State Library of New South Wales (1 January, 2001 - 3 February, 2002)

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