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ID number: BIRRC-H0072 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: University Heritage Collection Title / Object name: Commemorative Trowel Object type: Trowel
Materials: Metal and Ivory Measurements: 22.1 x 8.5 cm
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Heart shaped trowel with a cream (ivory) handle. Inscription reads ‘In 1867 Blanche Lilian Galsworthy, aged 3, laid the foundation stone of Coombe Warren House, Surrey.'
Notes: Coombe Warren House was lived in by John Galsworthy her father and his family. It suggested to her brother John Galsworthy “The Forsyte Saga’s” Robin Hill’.
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