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Brass and Copper Collection - Thomas Family

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TitleBrass and Copper Collection - Thomas FamilyObject TypeObjectDescriptionBrass and Copper collection.

Assortment of brass and copper ornaments, ash trays and WWI trench art.

One ash tray bears the inscription 'Ubique'. Ubique, meaning 'everywhere' in Latin, is the motto of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers. It is also the title of a poem by Rudyard Kipling about the Boer War, published in 'The Five Nations' in 1903.Makers MarkEnglandProvenance and SignifcanceThis brass and copper collection were donated to the Shellharbour School of Arts by Isabella Thomas on behalf of her husband William Makin Thomas.

They were formally exhibited in the Thomas Memorial Room at the School of Arts.

On the death of William Makin Thomas, he bequeathed his collection of 1150 books, curios, photographs, and Aboriginal cultural heritage items, to the Shellharbour School of Arts with the wish that a room be built to house the collection, and that it me named in memory of his father, John Thomas.

William's wife, Isabella Thomas, who paid for the rooms construction, was presented with a signet ring on the opening of the Thomas Memorial Room at the Shellharbour School of Arts, in 1924.

The Thomas Memorial Room was located in the Shellharbour School of Arts building in Mary Street, built by George Laurence Fuller of Dunmore.

An inscription on a brass plate within the room read 'This Library was bequeathed to the Shellharbour School of Arts by the late W.M. Thomas, District Surveyor of Armidale, and this room was erected by his wife, Isabella, in remembrance of their father, the late John Thomas of Shellharbour.'

It is believed this brass and copper set was collected by Edward Thomas (William's brother) during his time serving as Captain in the Boer War in South Africa and on subsequent trips. DonorShellharbour City Council

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MaterialBrass and copper

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