Trowel
- Object Name:
- Trowel
- Object ID:
- 2008.049
- Date:
- 1938
- Description:
- Presentation trowel, silver-plated steel with turned maple handle. Engraved block lettering on top surface of blade: "THIS TROWEL WAS USED BY / HONORABLE FRANCIS P. MURPHY / GOVERNOR OF THE STATE / OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE / IN LAYING THE CORNERSTONE / OF THE / STATE HOUSE ANNEX BUILDING / ON / OCTOBER 25 1938". Round silver-plated bent shaft. Remnants of dark brown finish on handle. Steel ferrule.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Steel
Wood
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-2.3 L-9.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Gov. Francis P. Murphy to lay the cornerstone of the State House Annex in Concord, 1938.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Murphy, Francis P. (1877-1958)
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