A Victorian silver presentation trowel by William Hutton & S...

Hammer

£130

A Victorian silver presentation trowel by William Hutton & Sons, London 1876, the carved ivory handle with beaded borders, the blade with scrolling foliate decoration and inscription 'Presented to the Right Reverend Bishop of Salford by the founders of the Catholic Church at Reddish on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone feast of the Annunciation 1882', 32cm long

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