Canvas banner of the Society, most likely used in the St Patrick's Day processions. Painted on both sides. Details of the painting will be recorded after conservation is able to unroll the banner. It is probable that the front or main painting is of St Patrick banishing the snakes from Ireland, feet in sandals and snakes can be seen on part of the banner already visible, and this is the illustration in the 1963 clipping of a 1902 photograph, see subfile. This illustration is also incorporated in the HACBS Past President certificate H87.775. It is possible that the decoration on the back is HACBS Australian symbol illustrated both on H87.775, and more clearly on the advertisement H87.774. The banner is painted canvas, with green and yellow braiding and tassels, a top and a bottom pole, and rolled and stored in a deal box. The banner has had a coat of some kind of lacquer before its last use, which was a fairly common way to brighten up an old banner. The lacquer has hardened over time to make it impossible to unroll the banner without excessive damage to the canvas and the painted surface. The Conservation Department is investigating ways of unrolling and conserving the banner, and restoring the long tear which occurred when the banner was transported to the Museum on the truck, with the lid pressed too tightly onto the brittle canvas. First branch of the HACBS in WA was in 1877, called Star of the Sea at Fremantle. 2nd branch (also 1877?) was St Patrick's in Perth (?). See also H87.773 - H87.777 Collars, certificates, photo.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1991.111 |
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| Accession Date: | 17 May 1991 |
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Material
| Cotton/Textile | Banner painted and lacquered canvas with braid and tassels of wool, silk and cotton, wood poles, pine deal box
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Measurement
| width | 2790mm | banner, full dimensions after cons treatment |
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