• Title
  Brooch containing lock of Sir Henry Parkes' hair, 1890
• Creator
  Willliam McCourt, Mrs
• Call number
  SAFE/R 687
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1890
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  888408
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 oval shaped brooch - gold - 2 cm. x 5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  A glass panel in the centre of the brooch covers plaited hair
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1055211
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Hair of Sir Henry Parkes, G.C.M.C. Presented to Mrs MacCourt [sic] 3rd May 1890" inscribed on reverse
• Subject
  Brooches.
  Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
  
• Topic
  gold
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Convict love tokens : the leaden hearts the convicts left behind - Powerhouse Museum (January - June, 1988)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE143715

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