Rectory mantelpiece, Holy Trinity Church, Hobart. Carved 1913.
Rectory mantelpiece, Holy Trinity Church, Hobart. Carved 1913. Holy Trinity Church rectory – mantlepiece Holy Trinity Church rectory – mantlepiece close up DB18 The Mercury, Friday 29th August, 1913 page 2 (excerpt)“THE NEW RECTORY.Old Trinity Rectory, which was on the Glebe, just above Park street, was sold some time since to the Christs College trustees, […]
Presentation address cover for Governor’s wife Lady Barron. Carved 1913.
Presentation address cover for Governor’s wife Lady Barron. Carved 1913. Image from Nellie Payne’s scrapbook DB171 Daily Post (Hobart, Tas. : 1908 – 1918), Friday 21 February 1913, page 5 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN – THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PRESENTATION TO LADY BARRON The members of the Tasmanian branch of the National Council of Women […]
Casket for Bishop Mercer’s sisters. Carved circa 1913.
Casket for Bishop Mercer’s sisters. Carved circa 1913. No images available. DB123 When Bishop Mercer reached the end of his appointment in Hobart, the Women’s Council for Church Work, through Lady Ellison Macartney, wife of the Governor, made a presentation to the Misses Mercer, the Bishops sisters. It was an address contained in a casket […]
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 […]