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Decorative object - Memento - section of cable with brass ends, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB)

  • Two antique brass memotos with twisted steel cables with rounded caps.

    Memento -section of cable with brass ends

  • Cross-section of a metal object revealing a dense arrangement of circular metallic rods of varying sizes packed around a central dark core.

    Memento -section of cable with brass end - end view

  • Two antique brass memotos with twisted steel cables with rounded caps.
  • Cross-section of a metal object revealing a dense arrangement of circular metallic rods of varying sizes packed around a central dark core.

Historical information

Produced for gifts to former board members and other people. Could also be used as a paperweight. See item 1887 for an engraved gift to Cr Burnett Gray. Collected by W R Pollock, Powerhouse or Engine House Superintendent.

Significance

Demonstrates a MMTB production of an item used to thank people for their services.

Physical description

Memento - comprising a section or short length of Melbourne cable tram cable contained or mounted within two cast brass sections as a gift - set of 2.

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