2-982-604 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Plate for presentation to Mr. Capreol by his Fellow Citizens of Toronto, Canada West, 1858. Gift expressing gratitude '...for the valuable services rendered by [Mr. Capreol] on behalf of the Northern Railroad, connecting Lake Huron, at Collingwood, with Lake Ontario, at Toronto, and which was the first step accomplished in Canada to give practical existence to a system of railway communication as the means of developing the resources and promoting the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the province...This elegant service is the production of R. and S. Garrard, of Panton-street. It consists of an elegant épergne of scroll and leaf design, with triangular base (bearing the arms of F. C. Capreol, Esq.), resting on a circular silver stand; four richly-chased table candlesticks, a pair of richly-ornamented claret-jugs of antique design, four bottle-stands, two waiters, a cake-basket, a sugar vase and cover, and a large salver, bearing the following inscription: The service of plate, of which this salver forms a portion, was presented to Frederic Chase Capreol, Esq., as a testimonial, by the citizens of Toronto and its vicinity, in acknowledgment of his eminent public services as the originator and promoter of the Northern Railroad.' From "Illustrated London News", 1858.