Watch List notes:

PRESENTATION TROWEL, in plated silver, (length 340mm), engraved on face of blade 'Presented To/W.A.Hutchinson Esqr JP/on the occasion of laying/Corner Stone/P.M.Church/Annandale/16 may 1891', the associated bone handle mounted in sterling silver, hallmarked for John Biggin, Sheffield, 1915; another, (length 320mm), engraved on face of blade 'Presented/to/Mrs W.Metcalfe/(Mayoress)/By/The People of Parkes/on the occasion of/her laying/the foundation stone/of/Commemoration Fountain/on/King Edward VII/Coronation Day/Parkes/Aug 9 1902', bone handle, the blade marked for Walker & Hall; another, (length 325mm), engraved on face of blade, 'Presented/to the/Venerable/Archdeacon Gunther MA/Vicar - General/on the occasion of his/laying the foundation stone/of the Mission Hall, Clyde/Parish of St Mark, Granville/Apr 12 1913', the blade in bone. Very fine and unusual historical items. (3)

Ex Gregory J. Smith Collection.

The first trowel refers to the Annandale Uniting Church at 81 Johnston Street Annandale. Formerly the Primitive Methodist's Church.