Chair carved 1945 for Victoria League in memory of Alice Shepherd White.
Chair carved 1945 for Victoria League in memory of Alice Shepherd White. Carved 1945 for Victory League. Close up date DB179 Close up back insert detail DB179 Close up carved arm detail DB179 DB179 This piece is one of Nellie’s later pieces.She carved this chair for the Victoria League in memory of Alice Shepherd White.This […]
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 […]
Font cover, St Michael’s Collegiate, Hobart. Presented 1945.
Font cover, St Michael’s Collegiate, Hobart. Presented 1945. DB57 The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954), Friday 25 May 1945, page 7Woodcarver’s Art Not Dead An octagonal font cover in the Collegiate School chapel carved by Mrs E. N. Payne. The cross in the centre is surrounded by cherubs connected with tracery. In church and […]