Record

Title	The Lord Mayor's Stow Prize quill pen
Repository	Harrow Museum Collection
Ref No	HMC/B/7/1987:190.1
ObjectNumber	1987:190.1
Date	Box: 1939; quill pen: unknown
Description	Quill pen in presentation box covered in blue leather-cloth and lettered in gold: "THE LORD MAYOR'S STOW PRIZE".
Provenance	Donated by Lowlands College, 1987. Inherited by Lowlands College from predecessor Harrow County School for Girls.
Comments	A marble monument to John Stow (1524-1605), writer of the "Survey of London", erected in St Andrew Undershaft, holds a real quill pen. Since at least 1828, a 'renewal' ceremony replaces the quill periodically. Although the ceremony has lapsed several times, it continues to be held today, jointly sponsored by the Merchant Taylors' Company and the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, the latter of which supplies the quill. The ceremony is presided over by the Lord Mayor of London or the Master Merchant Taylor.
Object Name	Pen
Materials	Leather, other
AssociatedObjectNumber	1987:190.2-3
Location	In Storage

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