Plaque, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2007.0324.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Frew Lecturer 1982
- LOCATION
- Australia
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Stone, wood and metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 11.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Australia
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Desk ornament given to G. Herzberg by the Australian Academy of Science for lecturing in 1982. Bottom of the piece has label with brief explanation of the origins of the opal rock that is on top. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print on plates read "G. HERZBERG", "AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY/ OF SCIENCE" and "FREW LECTURER 1982". Paper label glued to bottom reads "AUSTRALIAN BOULDER OPALS/ Mined in the outback of/ Queensland the Opal runs/ in veins through iron/ stone and can produce/ gems with exeptional colour qualities.".
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Brown coloured stone with bright aqua vein running through it, mounted on a brown wooden plaque. Three brass plates affixed to edge with black incised print.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, commemorative, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2007.0324, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0324.001/
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