BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1910-1913) - ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
A BROWN CALF LEATHER CASE

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Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1910-1913) - ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)A BROWN CALF LEATHER CASE

MARK OF JAMES DIXON & SONS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1910-1913) - ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
A BROWN CALF LEATHER CASE
MARK OF JAMES DIXON & SONS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With straps for belt mounting, enclosing a silver-plate mounted glass spirit bottle, with maker's mark, and an aluminium spirit stove case
The leather case: 5 ½ in. (13.3 cm.) high; 6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) wide

Provenance

Robert Falcon Scott.
Thence by descent.
Christie's, London, 17 September 1999, lot 207.

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Lot Essay

Robert Falcon Scott led the British Antarctic Expedition, also known as the Terra Nova Expedition, which took place between 1910 and 1913. Intending to secure the South Pole for the British Government, he and his party raced against a Norwegian team, led by Roald Amundsen. On 17th January 1912, Scott reached the South Pole only to find Amundsen’s marker flags and tent. Over the course of their return journey, Scott and all of his polar party perished.

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