• Title
  Illuminated address and pen/pencil presented to James Hartwell Williams, by the Consular Corps at Sydney on his retirement as Consul for the United States of America, 1858
• Creator
  James Hartwell Williams
• Call number
  R 532
  R 533
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  6th February, 1858
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  890193
• Physical Description
  1 illuminated scroll - parchment, watercolour and ink, gold painted wooden ends - 19.7 x 11.8 cm
  1 pen/pencil - ornately decorated in rolled gold, with red cut-glass mounted on the end
  
• Scope and Content
  R 532
  Illuminated scroll housed in a black velvet-lined box. At upper centre of the scroll is a representation of the seal of America. Along the left side and on either side of the seal are representations of twenty flags. Seventeen signatures with titles are appended to the address dated '6th February, 1858'.
  
  R 533
  Pen/pencil : ornately decorated in rolled gold, with red cut-glass mounted on the end. It has a retractable nib and propelling pencil and is filed in the case with the scroll.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• General note
  
  Keyword subjects:
  Consular Corps
  Digital order no:Album ID : 997827
• Topic
  scrolls
  pens
  pencils
  illuminated documents
  addresses, illuminated
  

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