box, writing

purchased with funds provided by Charles Edgar Disney Art Trust, 1991, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1991.126.1, F175, F175.1

Before his arrival in New Zealand in 1874, Edwin Oliver was apprenticed as a joiner and carpenter in Cornwall, England. In New Zealand he worked as a builder and cabinet maker in Christchurch, where he designed and built several houses.

He was awarded the Certificate for Order of Merit at the Dunedin Industrial Exhibition 1881 for his ‘crazy quilt’ type writing box inlaid with New Zealand woods.

1880

Inlaid writing box of New Zealand woods made by Edwin H Oliver and entered in Dunedin Industrial Exhibition, 1881.

Certificate for Order of Merit awarded to Edwin H Oliver.

Dunedin Industrial Exhibition; 1881

Dunedin/Otago/New Zealand

Jun 1881-Aug 1881

handmade

Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)/English reign

inlaid in wood on lid 'NEW / ZEALAND / 1880'

on back in inlaid wood ' CH. CH. / CANTERBURY - / JUNE 1 - '

wood/plant material

height 190 x width 510 x depth 280 mm

190mm

510mm

280mm

Box, Accessory

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11 Jan 2019