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Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. Plate presented to the Ex-Mayor of Swansea, 1850. The inhabitants of Swansea presented Mayor M. J. Michael with a Loving Cup of silver-gilt and a silver salver, designed by a Mr. Hennessey of Swansea and made by Barnard and Sons of London. 'The former is an elegant vase, standing 20 inches high, bearing...a basso-relievo of the "Visitation of the Sick",...the reverse is inscribed: "Presented...by a large number of his fellow Townsmen, as a Testimonial of their esteem and respect for his assiduous and impartial services as a Borough Magistrate...especially for his indefatigable and fearless conduct in promoting and personally superintending those sanitary precautions which so materially tended to protect the Town...from the fatal Pestilence which it pleased Providence to inflict on neighbouring communities during the...year 1849".' From "Illustrated London News", 1850.