RefNoMOB/123
Previous numbersW/008
LevelItem
TitleTrowel
ArtistMappin and Webb Ltd, Sheffield
Date1974
DescriptionCeremonial trowel, inscribed: 'PRESENTED TO / THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY / SIR ALAN HODGKIN, O.M., K.B.E. / IN THE PRESENCE OF PROFESSOR R. P. PEARCE, F.R.S.E. / PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY / AND FELLOWS, FOR THE LAYING OF / THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW HEADQUARTERS / 26TH SEPTEMBER 1974'
ObjectNameSilverware
MaterialsSilver
Dimensions300 x 85 x 60 mm
NotesHoused in a blue box with brass clasps.
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePresented by the Royal Meteorological Society, 1974
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