Dower chest carved 1951 for Josephine K Anderson
Dower chest carved 1951 for Josephine K Anderson. Dower chest for Josephine Anderson Inside lid of Josephine Anderson’s dower chest. Embossed leather book cover. DB90 DB203 Josephine (Jo) married Charles Payne (b 1926, d 2021) – Nellie’s third grandchild and only grandson -in 1951. Nellie carved this dower chest for their engagement, having faith that […]
Chest for Karl von Stieglitz. Carved circa 1949.
Chest for Karl von Stieglitz. Carved circa 1949. DB117 “Courtesy of Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston” Karl Rawdon von Stieglitz was born on 19 August 1893 at “Andora”, Evandale, the son of John Charles and Lillian Brooke Vere (née Stead) von Stieglitz. After his father’s death in 1916, he took possession of “Andora”. […]
Dower chest for Gillian Youl. Carved 1949.
Dower chest for Gillian Youl. Carved 1949. DB116 Gill Youl married Richard (Dick) Thomas who was Nellie’s great nephew (grandson of Richard Charles Field). This dower chest was carved by Nellie for their engagement in 1949. They were married in 1950. It has been handed down to Gill’s daughter, Wendy. Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – […]
Dower chest for Katharine Lord. Carved 1948.
Dower chest for Katharine Lord. Carved 1948. Dower chest for Katharine Lord. Close up inscription inside lid of Katharine Lord’s dower chest. Close up of carving of Katharine Lord’s dower chest. DB118 Whilst Atkinson did an outstanding job writing the Ellen Nora Payne book, there is one mistake that has been found whilst undertaking research […]
Dower chest for Ardyn Smith. Carved 1947.
Dower chest for Ardyn Smith. Carved 1947. Ardyn Smith dower chest Ardyn Smith dower chest detail. Ardyn Smith dower chest provenance. Note from Ardyn Smith. Ardyn Smith as flower girl. DB114 The wedding photograph above was taken on the occasion of Geoffrey Payne’s wedding. Geoffrey was Nellie Payne’s son. Ardyn Smith is the flower girl. […]
Dower chest for Nora and Tulloch Field. Carved 1947.
Dower chest for Nora and Tulloch Field. Carved 1947. Dower chest for Nora and Tulloch Field. Close up inside lid Nora and Tulloch Field dower chest. Close up date on Nora and Tulloch Filed’s dower chest. Secret drawer in Noar and Tulloch Field’s dower chest. DB107 This chest is unusual in two ways –firstly the […]
Chest for Ted (Edward) Pedley. Carved 1945.
Chest for Ted (Edward) Pedley. Carved 1945. DB94 Ted is the eldest son of Mollie (née Field) and Henry Pedley. Mollie was one of Nellie’s elder sisters, hence Ted was Nellie’s nephew. Ted was born in 1924 and grew up on the family farm “Craythorne”. He joined the air force for the Second World War, […]
Dower chest for Phyllis (Margaret) Hawker née Payne. Carved 1945.
Dower chest for Phyllis (Margaret) Hawker née Payne. Carved 1945. Dower chest for Phyllis Payne. Fairy Wrens inside lid. Phyllis Payne’s dower chest. Provenance of Phyllis Payne dower chest. DB88 Phyllis was Nellie and Dr Payne’s second grandchild – the second daughter of Geoffrey and Gladys Payne. Phyllis was born in 1924 and trained as […]
Dower chest for Elizabeth (Nancy) Payne. Carved 1943.
Dower chest for Elizabeth (Nancy) Payne. Carved 1943. Elizabeth Payne dower chest lid open. Close up front Elizabeth Payne dower chest. Dower chest for Elizabeth Payne. Close up inscription inside lid, Elizabeth Payne dower chest. DB87 Elizabeth was Nellie and Dr Payne’s eldest grandchild – the eldest daughter of Geoffrey and Gladys Payne. Liz was […]
Dower chest for Wanda Piesse. Carved 1937.
Dower chest for Wanda Piesse. Carved 1937. DB108 (Josephine) Wanda Piesse was a good friend of Nellie’s. The Piesse family were in the shipping and freight business at 70 Elizabeth Street, Hobart (currently the Tourist Information Office). Wanda’s sister Jean Seager also owned the original Wainwright painting “The cutmear twins” which was later purchased by […]
Dower chest for Viti Allardyce. Carved 1937.
Dower chest for Viti Allardyce. Carved 1937. DB99 Constance Viti Molesworth Allardyce was the daughter of Governor William Lamond Allardyce and Lady Constance Angel Allardyce (née Green). He was the Governor of the Falkland Island, Bahamas, Tasmania from 1920-1922 then Newfoundland. Viti was born in in 1896 in Suva, Fiji, hence her name. She came […]
Dower chest for Marjorie Field. Carved circa 1929.
Dower chest for Marjorie Field. Carved circa 1929. No images available. DB92 No photographs have been able to be found of this dower chest. If you have any further information or pictures to add to this please contact Westbury and Districts Historical Society through the contact page. “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by […]
Dower chest for Dulcie Field. Carved 1928.
Dower chest for Dulcie Field. Carved 1928. Dulcie Fields dower chest Close up carving detail Close up inscription on lid Photo from Nellie’s scrapbook of Dulcie Field dower chest lid open. Photo from Nellie’s scrapbook of Dulcie Field dower chest. DB105 This beautiful dower chest has been donated to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, […]
Dower chest for Keva Allardyce. Carved 1923.
Dower chest for Keva Allardyce. Carved 1923. DB100 Katherine Angel Keva Allardyce was the daughter of Governor William Lamond Allardyce and Lady Constance Angel Allardyce (née Green). Allardyce was Governor of the Falkland Islands, Bahamas, then Tasmania from 1920-22, then Newfoundland. Keva was born in Suva, Fiji – hence her name. Keva married Charles Travers […]
Dower chest for Mollie (Mary) Field. Carved 1923.
Dower chest for Mollie (Mary) Field. Carved 1923. Dower chest for Mollie Field. Close up inscription inside lid Mollie Field’s dower chest. Inside lid of Mollie Field’s dower chest Close up Owl on Mollie Field’s dower chest. Close up Kookaburra on Mollie Field’s dower chest. DB93 Mollie Field was born in 1898 to George Westfield […]
Dower chest for Beatrice Agnew. Carved 1922.
Dower chest for Beatrice Agnew. Carved 1922. DB109 It is believed that this Dower chest was carved for Mrs Beatrice Agnew (nee Symonds) of Oatlands. Nellies scrapbook has a note saying “Louis Agnew”. We think this refers to Luis Lempriere Agnew of Oatlands, Tasmania who married Beatrice (Irene) in October 1922. The Mercury, Tasmania: Monday […]
Dower chest for Dorothy Thomas née Field. Date carved circa 1921.
Dower chest for Dorothy Thomas née Field. Date carved circa 1921. No images available. DB95 There has been no image found for this dower chest and it’s whereabouts is unknown. If you have any further information regarding this dower chest please inform The Westbury and Districts Historical Society through the contact page. Dorothy Elizabeth Field […]
Chest for Philip Hudson. Carved 1920.
Chest for Philip Hudson. Carved 1920. DB112 Philip Burgoyne Hudson was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 6th February 1887 and died in 1952 at the age of 64. He was the son of Charles Hudson, Railway Commissioner of Victoria. As a child he attended Wellington College in New Zealand and moved to The Friends […]
Dower chest for Atkinson. Carved 1920.
Dower chest for Atkinson. Carved 1920. DB98 The Atkinson family were good friends with the Payne family in Hobart. Mr Thomas Reibey Atkinson (1844-1902) had married Edith Ella Toffl (1865-1955) in 1888. Mr Atkinson was a Legislative Council member from 1897-1902. They had 4 children – Thomas, Alan, Russell, and Alison. This chest may have […]
Dower chest for Katie Clark. Carved 1918.
Dower chest for Katie Clark. Carved 1918. DB111 Katie Clark was born in 1897 to Lindesay and Jessie Clark. Lindesay was the Mines Manager for Briseis Tin Mine at Derby in Northeast Tasmania. The family lived in Launceston and Katie went to Broadland House, followed by Collegiate School in Hobart for a couple of years. […]
Dower chest for Alicia Jane Whitesides. Carved 1917.
Dower chest for Alicia Jane Whitesides. Carved 1917. DB104 This is a dower chest which was carved by Nellie for Alicia Jane Whitesides who was born in 1849 and died in 1940. Alicia was Marie’s paternal auntie and sister of Edward J.C. Whitesides who had married Nellie’s sister Sara Jane Field. This chest has been […]
Chest for Geoffrey Payne. Carved 1916.
Chest for Geoffrey Payne. Carved 1916. Chest for Geoffrey Payne. Inside of lid, chest for Geoffrey Payne. DB85 Geoffrey Payne was Nellie and Dr. Payne’s second child and elder son. He was born in 1890 in Hobart, prior to the family moving to Melbourne and then London. In England he firstly went to a local […]
Dower chest for Miss Grace Dangar. Carved 1914.
Dower chest for Miss Grace Dangar. Carved 1914. Dower chest for Grace Dangar, lid open. Dower chest for Grace Dangar from Nellie’s scrapbook. DB97 Grace Gladys Dangar born 29/3/1886 in Singleton, NSW, died 27/7/1964 in Brisbane, Queensland. Father Albert Augustus Dangar, mother Mary Phoebe Dangar (née Rouse). Siblings Rodney R Dangar of Baroona, Norman N […]
Dower chest for Madge Payne. Carved 1913.
Dower chest for Madge Payne. Carved 1913. Dower chest for Madge Payne. Close up front dower chest. Close up inscription. DB86 Madge was Nellie and Dr Payne’s only daughter, and the eldest of their children, being born in 1888 in Hobart. Later the family moved to Melbourne, then London, where Madge went to Blackheath High […]
Dower chest for Marie Whitesides. Carved 1912.
Marie’s dower chest. Stringy bark apple design (2nd Niece). Carved 1912 DB103 This is a dower chest which was carved by Nellie for Marie Whitesides. Marie was born in 1890 to Sara Jane (née Field) and Edward J.C. Whitesides; therefore she was Nellie’s niece. Marie married Charles Davies in 1913, gave birth to a daughter […]
Dower chest for Ella Field. Carved 1910.
Dower chest for Ella Field. Carved 1910. DB91 Ella Field was the first of Nellie’s nieces to be married, and Nellie carved her first dower chest to mark this occasion. Circular Head Chronicle Wednesday 22 November 1911, page 2 NEWS OF THE WEEK Mr Fred. W. Ratten, of Union Bank, son of the Rev. and […]
Dower chest for Robyn Tyson. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Robyn Tyson. Date carved unknown. No images available. DB113 Robyn Tyson was a prefect in 1941 at Collegiate School in Hobart along with Phyllis Payne. So we assume that Nellie carved this dower chest for her grandaughter’s friend when she married Mr Green, believed to be from the North West Coast. Unfortunately […]
Dower chest for Betty Ellis (Victoria). Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Betty Ellis (Victoria). Date carved unknown. No images available. DB110 This dower chest has not been found – nor have we been able to trace who Betty Ellis was, although as she wasn’t a member of Nellie’s large family, it is assumed that she was a friend, or that Nellie may have […]
Dower chest for Betty Field. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Betty Field. Date carved unknown. No images available. DB106 Betty McKenzie (née Mitchell) married Thomas Field (1897-1990) who was Nellie’s nephew. For both of them this was their second marriages. Thomas was previously married to Jean Ritchie and they had a daughter, Patricia Field. Thomas and Betty lived at “Westfield” and had […]
Dower chest for Connie Lilley. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Connie Lilley. Date carved unknown. No images available. DB102 No information was able to be found about Connie Lilley or the dower chest carved for her except for her name in Russell Atkinson’s book “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania”. If you have any information regarding this item please get in […]
Dower chest for Mrs Walker. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Mrs Walker. Date carved unknown. No images available. DB101 Unfortunately, we have not been able to find this dower chest that was carved for Mrs Walker. If you have any further information on this piece please get in touch with The Westbury and Districts Historical Society through the contact page. It is assumed […]
Dower chest for Gweneth Wisewould. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Gweneth Wisewould. Date carved unknown. No images available. DB96 No image exists of this dower chest as it was burnt in a fire. If you have any information regarding this item please use the contact page to inform The Westbury and Districts Historical Society. Gweneth Wisewould (1884-1972), medical practitioner, was born on 30 August […]
Dower chest for Rosemary Payne. Date carved unknown.
Dower chest for Rosemary Payne. Date carved unknown. Dower chest for Rosemary Payne. Inside lid of Rosemary Payne dower chest. DB89 Rosemary was Geoffrey and Gladys Payne’s youngest child, and therefore Nellie’s youngest grandchild. She was born in 1930 and trained in Adelaide as a kindergarten teacher. Back in Hobart she taught at Lady Gowrie […]