Series 03: MacPherson family realia including a silver snuff box presented to Donald MacPherson in 1854, and copper engraving plate for `The Donald MacPherson collection of Literature and Art' bookplate, ca. 1947

R 1036
R 1037
R 1038
R 1039
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 61. Applies to R 1036.

series

1854, ca. 1947

Objects, Graphic Materials, Ephemera

872715

1 snuff box - 6 x 9 x 2.5 cm - silver
1 ephemera item (postcard), with embroidered pouch
1 printing plate - 11 x 8.2 cm - copper
1 printing block - 10.5 x 7.7 x 2.2 cm

R 1036
Hinged sterling silver snuff box, with scalloped edges, engraved on the sides with a foliate pattern, and on the cover and base with foliate borders and geometrically decorated horizontal stripes. On the cover is inscribed ‘Presented by the Committee of the Lang Testimonial Fund to Donald MacPherson, their Honorary Secretary, Sydney, N.S.W., May 1854.’ On the inside cover are stamped the head of Queen Victoria, ‘H&T’, and a lion rampant. On the inside base are stamped ‘D’ (i.e. 1852), ‘H&T’ (i.e. Hilliard & Thomason) and a shield with an anchor (i.e. Birmingham) on it.

R 1037
Postcard ca. WW I with pouch embroidered ‘Souvenir de Belgique’, containing a small printed card with ‘Yours Always’. On the back of the postcard is a message from Jim to Daphne.

R 1038
Engraved copper plate by J.B. Godson for `The Donald MacPherson collection of Literature and Art' bookplate designed by A. Feint [1947?]

R 1039
Copper halftone block for `The Donald MacPherson collection of Literature and Art' bookplate design marked ‘Bacon & Co.’

Examples of the printed bookplates are available at MLMSS 7900/Folder 3