MARK OF DEAKIN AND FRANCIS, BIRMINGHAM, 1935

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A GEORGE V SILVER-GILT AND EBONY TROWEL
MARK OF DEAKIN AND FRANCIS, BIRMINGHAM, 1935
The blade engraved with an inscription within foliage borders, with a turned ebony handle, marked on back, in fitted case
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) long
The inscription reads 'Presented to His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent on the occasion of his laying the Foundation Stone of the Broadcast Hall at Trinity College Carmarthen 19^t^h October 1937'

Provenance

Presented to The Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942) on the occasion of his visit to Cardiff in October 1937.

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Lot Essay

The golden commemorative trowel celebrates the building of the University of Wales Broadcast Hall, at Camarthan's Trinity College with the laying of its foundation stone by the Chancellor, Prince George, Duke of Kent (d.1942) in 1937.

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