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- A Place & Date Depicted Melbourne, Australia
- A Place & Date of Event Melbourne, Australia
Cross - Bone, Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition, circa 1888
Reg. No: SH 960197
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- Summary:
- This bone cross was produced as a souvenir of the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition of 1888. Most likely of British manufacture, the image on the cross has been made micro-photographically, i.e. by using optical reduction to make a tiny photograph.
from an etching.
Visitors to the Exhibition who purchased a novelty like this souvenir were buying an example of the nineteenth century ingenuity and technical achievement which the Exhibition Commissioners had set out to celebrate. - Description:
- Small carved bone cross. The bone is carved with circles and indented patterns. In the centre of the cross is a tiny lens, through which a microscopically-small image of the Exhibition Building, Melbourne can be seen. The image, from an etching, has been made microphotographically, i.e. by using optical reduction to make a tiny photograph.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 4.50 cm (Height), 0.50 cm (Width), 3.00 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | clothing accessories, exhibitions melbourne international centennial 1888-1889, jewellery |
| Themes this item is part of: | Royal Exhibition Building Collection, Clothing & Textiles Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | PUBLIC EVENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Melbourne Centennial Exhibition 1888 |
| Tertiary Classification: | ornaments |
| Inscriptions: | Printed: THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / MELBOURNE 1888 |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888-1889 |
| Place & Date of Event: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888-1889 |
| References: | E.Willis: 'Souvenirs from the Great Melbourne Exhibitions' Handbook to the Australian Antique and Fine Art Dealers' Fair, Melbourne, October 1996 |
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