AN INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER PRESENTATION TROWEL, unmarked, circa 1855, of typical form, the massive acanthus silver-mounted ivory handle, with openwork foliate scrolls to part of the rim, the trowel inscribed: PRENSENTED to The Hon. F. J. Halliday, By the Subscribers to The Arrah Dispensary, on the occasion of his laying, THE FIRST STONE, 12th 1855 all within engraved scroll surround--12¾in. (32.3cm.) long

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AN INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER PRESENTATION TROWEL, unmarked, circa 1855, of typical form, the massive acanthus silver-mounted ivory handle, with openwork foliate scrolls to part of the rim, the trowel inscribed: PRENSENTED to The Hon. F. J. Halliday, By the Subscribers to The Arrah Dispensary, on the occasion of his laying, THE FIRST STONE, 12th 1855 all within engraved scroll surround--12¾in. (32.3cm.) long

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Sir Frederick James Halliday (1806-1901), was the first lieutenant-governor of Bengal in 1854-1859, having held other various governmental posts there since 1825. He made domestic improvements there and initialled Calcutta University in 1856. He was involved in a long controversey-- from 1857-1888-- with a subordinate, William Tayler (q.v.), commissioner of Patna, whom he removed from his office in 1857. He was a member of council of India 1868-86. He was also an accomplished mucician and frequently performed in concerts in Bengal, London, and elsewhere.

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