This is the trowel used by Passmore Edwards when he layed the first stone for the Institute on September 20th, 1893. The trowel is silver and bears the hallmarks for Sheffield, Mappin & Webb, 1892.
The Passmore Edwards trowel is on loan from the Trustees of the Passmore Edwards Institute, Hayle.
Copyright © Hayle Archive
Copyright © Hayle Archive
The inscription reads:-
Presented to
Passmore Edwards Esq
on the occasion
of his laying the
Foundation Stone
of the
Passmore Edwards Institute
at Hayle
September 20th
1893
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