Lot 286
A Victorian presentation trowel
EDINBURGH, 1867, WILLIAM MARSHALL
Auction: 13 February 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
by William Marshall, Edinburgh 1868, of traditional form, the simple pointed oval blade with engraved arms and inscribed, "THIS TROWEL WAS USED BY THE RIGHT HONBLE THE EARL OF KELLIE CB IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW CHURCH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE CONGREGATION OF ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH ALLOA AS A MARK OF THEIR GRATITUDE TO HIM FOR PROVIDING THEM WITH A COMMODIUS & HANDSOME PLACE OF WORSHIP ST. JOHN'S DAY DEC. XXVII MDCCCLXVII", in gothic script, the handle with gothic beaded and foliate engraved mount with simple ivory grip, to a detailed earl's coronet finial, in original fitted case, named to lid 'Marshall Edinburgh'
Dimensions
blade 20.5cm long, overall 43cm long
Footnote
Notes:
The engraved arms on this trowel are the full armorials of Kellie quartering Erskine and Mar, for Walker Henry 11th Earl of Mar and 13th Earl of Kellie, of Kellie Castle Fife, with family mottos
As can be seen from the other Mar and Kellie presentation trowel in this sale (see lot 287) the Earl was a very involved member of the local community and of Scotland as a whole. while being interested in local issues such as the opening of the local Burgh School, the new building of churches and Hospitals, the Earl of Kellie and Mar also had an involvement in the planning of the Forth Rail Bridge.