Sujet

Plate for presentation to Mr. Capreol [?] by his Fellow Citizens of Toronto, Canada West, 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Plate for presentation to Mr. Capreol by his Fellow Citizens of Toronto, Canada West, 1858. Gift expressing gratitude '...for the valuable services rendered by [Mr. Capreol] on behalf of the Northern Railroad, connecting Lake Huron, at Collingwood, with Lake Ontario, at Toronto, and which was the first step accomplished in Canada to give practical existence to a system of railway communication as the means of developing the resources and promoting the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the province...This elegant service is the production of R. and S. Garrard, of Panton-street. It consists of an elegant épergne of scroll and leaf design, with triangular base (bearing the arms of F. C. Capreol, Esq.), resting on a circular silver stand; four richly-chased table candlesticks, a pair of richly-ornamented claret-jugs of antique design, four bottle-stands, two waiters, a cake-basket, a sugar vase and cover, and a large salver, bearing the following inscription: The service of plate, of which this salver forms a portion, was presented to Frederic Chase Capreol, Esq., as a testimonial, by the citizens of Toronto and its vicinity, in acknowledgment of his eminent public services as the originator and promoter of the Northern Railroad.' From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A82_306

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,7Mo (2,6Mo) / 32,4cm x 20,6cm / 3832 x 2434 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation railways arts metal art British railway railroad color decoration decorative ornate silver ornament gift present century Britain jug jugs newspapers press print concept tableware Ontario Toronto pitcher decorated silverware B&W gratitude candlestick pitchers engraved engraving candleholder candlesticks Colour candle holder 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century centrepiece The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN testimonial newspaper Unknown 19th-century epergne R. S. Garrard & Co. Garrard R. S. Garrards épergne Northern Ontario Railroad Northern Railway of Canada Simcoe and Huron Union Railroad Simcoe & Lake Huron Union Railroad Frederick Chase Capreol Capreol Frederick Chase