DUMSDAY SEAL
c. 1870 - 1900Curved conical piece of horn, thick end has been flattened and has had a criss-cross pattern cut into it.
Owned and used by the Dumsday family in the Forrestdale district of Western Australia.
This item is the Dumsday family seal, most likely brought out from UK with George Dumsday in 1885. George was a draper in Cuckfield Sussex, he later had a dresscuttung business in Melbourne before moving into land speculation. Following poor investments the family moved to Perth in 1892 where he continued in land speculation and unsuccessful investments duing the goldrush.
Interpretive: objects from UK brought with the family as they moved to Australia to start a new life
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