Glory Box
Production date
1912-1931
Country
China
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Object detail
Description
Box, made from camphor wood with soapstone inlay. One full width drawer, two half width drawers and a chest top. There has been some loss of inlay.
Classification
FURNITURE Domestic glory box
Production date
1912-1931
Production place
Measurements
H935 L930 W465
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Woods) - camphor
Other Rock (Rocks) - talcstone
Other Rock (Rocks) - talcstone
History and use
This Chinese camphorwood 'glory box' was among a large collection of objects from the estate of Miss Anne Fleming of Buranda.
The donor, Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming, was the daughter of James Scott Fleming and Miriam Fleming (née Tolhurst) and granddaughter of Peter Fleming and his wife (also Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming) the proprietors of a large and well-known hardware business located in Albert Street, Brisbane.
Born in Old Swan, England, in 1838, Peter and Ann Fleming arrived in Queensland in 1865 on board the Naval Reserve. The ship also carried the plant for Brisbane’s first gasworks, of which Peter Fleming’s brother, Robert Fleming, was the first manager.
By 1866, Peter Fleming, an ironmonger by trade, had established Peter Fleming and Sons, ‘plumbing, metal merchants, hardware, and ironmongers’, which operated from a large warehouse located in Albert Street. The business was later converted to a limited liability company, Peter Fleming and Sons Limited, in 1904 when his eldest son, Peter (born Scotland 1862) took over as manager.
Peter and Ann Fleming were the parents of eleven children, of whom their second child, James Scott Fleming, was born in Scotland in 1864. James married Miriam Tolhurst in 1895 and later died in 1909, leaving behind a son, Peter James Scott Fleming (1901-1967) and two daughters, the donor, Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming (1897-1985) and Helen Eliza Fleming (1899-1944).
After Peter Fleming’s death in 1915, Ann Fleming continued to live at Ardlui, the substantial home the couple had built in Stanley Street, South Brisbane, until her death at the age of 86 in 1928. At the time of Ann’s death,five of her children had predeceased her. She was survived by two daughters and four sons.
Located approximately on the site where the Queensland State Library and The Edge now stand, it’s thought that Ardlui was demolished in the early 1970s prior to the redevelopment of the Cultural Centre site. On the death of her brother, it is believed that Miss Fleming was the eldest surviving descendent of her grandfather, Peter Fleming’s, large extended family.
The donor, Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming, was the daughter of James Scott Fleming and Miriam Fleming (née Tolhurst) and granddaughter of Peter Fleming and his wife (also Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming) the proprietors of a large and well-known hardware business located in Albert Street, Brisbane.
Born in Old Swan, England, in 1838, Peter and Ann Fleming arrived in Queensland in 1865 on board the Naval Reserve. The ship also carried the plant for Brisbane’s first gasworks, of which Peter Fleming’s brother, Robert Fleming, was the first manager.
By 1866, Peter Fleming, an ironmonger by trade, had established Peter Fleming and Sons, ‘plumbing, metal merchants, hardware, and ironmongers’, which operated from a large warehouse located in Albert Street. The business was later converted to a limited liability company, Peter Fleming and Sons Limited, in 1904 when his eldest son, Peter (born Scotland 1862) took over as manager.
Peter and Ann Fleming were the parents of eleven children, of whom their second child, James Scott Fleming, was born in Scotland in 1864. James married Miriam Tolhurst in 1895 and later died in 1909, leaving behind a son, Peter James Scott Fleming (1901-1967) and two daughters, the donor, Ann Hamilton Scott Fleming (1897-1985) and Helen Eliza Fleming (1899-1944).
After Peter Fleming’s death in 1915, Ann Fleming continued to live at Ardlui, the substantial home the couple had built in Stanley Street, South Brisbane, until her death at the age of 86 in 1928. At the time of Ann’s death,five of her children had predeceased her. She was survived by two daughters and four sons.
Located approximately on the site where the Queensland State Library and The Edge now stand, it’s thought that Ardlui was demolished in the early 1970s prior to the redevelopment of the Cultural Centre site. On the death of her brother, it is believed that Miss Fleming was the eldest surviving descendent of her grandfather, Peter Fleming’s, large extended family.
Registration number
H7121