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Lot Essay
A Third Rate of 74 guns, Illustrious was launched at Rotherhithe in 1803 and broken up at Portsmouth in 1868.
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SAILOR'S TREENWARE
comprising a carved tube possibly for needles, inscribed JOEL SUMMERS JANUARY 27 1812 HIS MAJESTYS SHIP ILLUSTRIOUS LYING IN BOMBAY WITH BLUE AT THE FORE and four depictions of ships; together with a circular carved wood patchbox with tortoiseshell lining, the lid depicing a storm and entitled NAUFRAGE DR WAISSEAUX and a rectangular carved wood snuffbox with gilt lining, carved with castles and a monogram with crown over. The tube -- 7¾in. (19.5cm.) long (3)
comprising a carved tube possibly for needles, inscribed JOEL SUMMERS JANUARY 27 1812 HIS MAJESTYS SHIP ILLUSTRIOUS LYING IN BOMBAY WITH BLUE AT THE FORE and four depictions of ships; together with a circular carved wood patchbox with tortoiseshell lining, the lid depicing a storm and entitled NAUFRAGE DR WAISSEAUX and a rectangular carved wood snuffbox with gilt lining, carved with castles and a monogram with crown over. The tube -- 7¾in. (19.5cm.) long (3)
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