Item 10 - Father Mathew Statue Centenary Silver Trowel

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Reference code

IE CA FM RES/9/4/10

Title

Father Mathew Statue Centenary Silver Trowel

Date(s)

  • 1890 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

Silver and Wooden Artefact; Length: 31 cm; Width: (at sliver): 9 cm

Name of creator

Scope and content

A decorative silver trowel commemorating the laying of the top-stone of the Father Mathew Statue on Sackville (O’Connell) Street, Dublin, on 13 Oct. 1890. The inscription on the trowel reads:
‘The Father Mathew Centenary / Presented to the Right Hon. theRead more