Ceremonial object - Commemorative Trowel, c1889

Historical information

Identical trowel S049 presented to Mrs Job Smith.

Physical description

Black leather box with crimson velvet and satin lining containing an engraved silver trowel with a turned bone patterned handle.

Inscriptions & markings

"Presented to Mrs John Watson by the trustees of the Kew Wesleyan Church on the occasion of her laying a memorial stone of the completion of the Edifice December 11th 1889"

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