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Ceremonial trowel - Blackwattle Swamp sewer, 1869

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Unique IDCC-000071Source system ID1988.179DateBetween 1st January 1869 and 31st December 1869Date qualifieryear onlyMediumSilverIvoryDescriptionCeremonial trowel, silver with ivorine handle, commissioned by John Peck, contractor for the construction of the Blackwattle Swamp sewer. Inscribed This trowel was presented to the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney on the occasion of his laying the first brick of the Black Wattle Swamp Sewer, June 19th 1870, John Peck Contractor.Author/creatorHippolyte Delarue (silversmith)Special citation City of Sydney Civic Collection.Height (in cm)36Width (in cm)9.5TypeCivicHIstory

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Ceremonial trowel - Blackwattle Swamp sewer, 1869