Series 04: Wooden glass-plate negatives box owned by R. H. Rickard of the Methodist Church of Australasia, Overseas Missions, ca. 1885

R 991

series

[ca. 1885]

825538

1 photograph case - 26 x 20 x 19 cm - wooden with brass clips

Handle has address tag : Rev. J. W. Burton M.A. 139 Castlereagh St. Sydney, from R.H. Rickard.
Lid of case has a one shilling New South Wales Government Railway Stamp. On side : Don. Church Ap. 1953. Meth. Ch. OM 125

Transferred from MOM 125, in 1991

Inscribed under lid : This case is an interesting relic of the ill-fated Marquis de Rays attempt at colonisation on New Ireland. R. H. R.