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Dowerin District Museum > Records

Chip carved tray.

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Tom O'Shaughnessy grew up in Cottrell Street, Dowerin, in the house that is now the Dowerin District Museum. The local blacksmith taught Tom how to chip carve. This tray has an elaborate design with Tom's initials T F O S and the date 1930 as part of the design.

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Dowerin District Museum

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