[Silver trowel] presented to Miss Sarah Taylor by the former inmates of the Home [of Hope] on the occasion of laying the Memorial Stone of the Home of Hope Laundry, Newtown, 28th Feb. 1891, 1888 - 1891
A silver trowel presented to Miss Sarah Taylor by former inmates of the Home of Hope, on the occasion of laying the Memorial Stone of the Home of Hope Laundry, Newtown [Camperdown], 28 February 1891.
Call Number: R 120
Objects : 1 shaped triangular silver trowel bordered by wriggle work and a band of foliage with flowers. Octofoil haft rises to ivory handle with 3 circular bands and button finial. ; 27.5 x 8.5 cm.
'Home of Hope, Stanley Street, Camperdown' is listed in the Sands Sydney Alphabetical Directory 1895.
Made by Samuel Hardy, London (U.K.) in 1888. Marks: SH, queen's head, date letter 'N', leopard's head, lion passant, 'Hardy Bro[s] Sydney'.
Reference: 'Stories in Silver' exhibition, State Library of New South Wales, 1996.