Lot 3280

Description

Tasmanian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, 1883, award medal in silver (38.5mm), reverse, Awarded to, (inscribed) 'F.B.Campbell/Section 11/Class XVIII', around edge impressed, 'Carpentry & Turned Work'; Great Britain, The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1851, Exhibitor medal in bronze (44mm) (BHM 2463; Eimer 1462), by W.Wyon, unnamed; Colonial and Indian Exhibition London, 1886, in bronze (52mm), unnamed. In large fitted hinged-lid case with felt base and silk lid lining, first medal extremely fine; second medal with heavy edge bumps, otherwise very fine; last medal with edge nicks, otherwise good very fine. (3)

At the above Tasmanian Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition held in April 1883, in the section II For persons under 16 years of age on December 31, 1882, F.B.Campbell of Hobart was awarded a silver medal for Class 16 - Carpentry in all departments, and apprentices' work in other trades. His exhibits which were regarded as excellent included 26 spinning tops, all of different sizes, a gipsy table, two footstools in Burgundy repp, and a model cannon.