Sterling Silver, Accoutrements & Gold Coins Wednesday, 16 September 2020 - 12:00 PM start
Victorian Cased Ivory & S/S Mounted Presentation Baton
Realised: $350 plus premium
Lot Details
Presented to Mr John Tait By The Peebles Choral Society (Scotland) 26th April, 1887, together with two other engraved and related plaques an newspaper cuttings. Mr Tait arrived in Nelson from Edinburgh with his family in 1914 and became church organist at All Saints Church. As one of Nelsons early music teachers, and as a composer his choral works were performed widely in New Zealand
