[MELBOURNE] Illuminated address for Charles Rennie Esq., presented by the minister and parishioners of the Presbyterian Church, Brighton. October, 1886.

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Large folio portfolio (490 x 390 mm), full crushed red morocco elaborately gilt (lightly scuffed, worn at corners and spine ends), front board lettered To Charles Rennie, Esq. / Presbyterian Church, Brighton, October 12th 1886 ; gilt dentelles and silk-lined inner front board; the illuminated address itself, expressing the gratitude of the Elders, Managers, Members and Adherents of the Presbyterian Church Brighton to Charles Rennie for his services to the church as Secretary and Choir Leader, was presented on the occasion of Rennie s departure for a new locality (Malvern); calligraphic manuscript with gold highlights and watercolour decoration on parchment, signed at the foot by the church minister, D. H. Ballantyne, and other office-bearers; the address is set within an oval mount on the inside of the lower board, the border of the mount with floral decoration in watercolour; a few spots of silver fishing to the address and to the margins of the mount, otherwise very well preserved. Charles Rennie (1848-1930) , an accountant by training, was for many years a highly valued employee of the Southern Insurance Company in Melbourne. He eventually rose to the position of Manager (and, ultimately, was the company s liquidator, when it folded in 1899). He then spent 16 years as General Manager of the British and Foreign Insurance Company. At various times he was also the elected representative of the Merchant Shipping and Underwriters Association. A devout Presbyterian with a strong

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