Bishop Suter's original Victorian travelling writing box.…
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Bishop Suter's original Victorian travelling writing box. Figured walnut and brass bound dome topped shape with fitted interior of stationery compartments and two inkwells, comprising a few pages of hand written verse in Suter's own hand, a small red leather calling card case with a card of Rev. Andrew Burn Suter inside, an International Exhibition 1862 Season ticket signed A. B. Suter, red leather and gilt and blue leather and gilt small ladies and gents season ticket booklets for the same exhibition and a calling card by Hills and Saunder. Andrew Burn Suter (1830-1895) was born in London and educated at St. Pauls school and Trinity College Cambridge graduating B. A. in 1853 and M. A. in 1856 and ordained in 1856. on 24 August 1866 he was consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral as Bishop of Nelson, on Sept 26 1867 he arrived in Nelson on board the Cissy with four other clergy. in his first few years he created the archdeaconry of Marlborough and established the theological college at Bishopdale. He was a vigorous supporter of the rights of Nelson under the Midland railway contract. He died on March 29, 1895. Ref: Dictionary of New Zealand biography by G. H. Scholefield, 1940

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  • Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.

    The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.

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