• Title
  [Jug and stand] Awarded to the Revd. S. Marsden by the agricultural society of New South Wales, 1825
• Creator
  Samuel Marsden, 1765-1838
• Call number
  SAFE/DR 30
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1820-1825
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  446376
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 silver jug with hinged lid and chipped wooden handle, plus silver stand - 21.5 x 17.3 cm. (jug) ; 8 x 12 cm. (stand)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The Society was formed on 5 July 1822 and Samuel Marsden was Senior Vice-President. As early as 1811 he sent the colony's first commercial shipment of wool to England and continued to play a prominent role in the development of agriculture in New South Wales.
  Reference: 'Stories in Silver' display (curated by Brian Eggleton), State Library of New South Wales, 1996.
• Scope and Content
  Coffee jug (a) has an inverted pear shaped body on stepped, plain, circular base. Hinged flat lid with floral finial, raised broad spout with reeding around the rim. Wooden handle with acanthus leaf attachments. The jug is engraved with a sheep above the inscription.
  Stand (b) has circular reeded stand with gadrooned rim and three cast paw feet with tudor rose and acanthus decoration.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Jug was made in 1823 by Benjamin Smith, London. Marks: BS, lion passant, date letter H, king's head, leopard's head.
  Stand was made in 1820 by John Houle, London. Marks: IH, king's head, lion passant, date letter e.
  Jug and stand are accompanied by a spirit burner, also made in 1820 by John Houle, London. Location Number: DR 31 Dixson Library
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823464
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled from inscription
• Name
  Marsden, Samuel, 1765-1838
  Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales
  
• Topic
  agricultural industry
  clubs, associations, societies etc.
  jugs
  ministers of religion
  presentation pieces
  sheep
  silverware
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Stories in silver - State Library of New South Wales
  Landmarks: People and Places across Australia - National Museum of Australia (May, 2011 - May, 2014)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE4376585

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