A PAINTED LEATHER FIRE BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY

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WELLINGTON, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND WATERLOO, a commemoration in the 200th anniversary year of the battle of Waterloo (Lots 1-50)

A PAINTED LEATHER FIRE BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY

DATED '1805'

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A PAINTED LEATHER FIRE BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY
DATED '1805'
Of riveted hardened leather with copper band to the top and two iron rings, painted 'H M S VICTORY' with 'GR' cypher and the date '1805', approx. 10 ¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high

来源

The Society for Nautical Research, Portsmouth, obtained by The War Museum, New York from a prominent British naval family collection.

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拍品专文

The Society of Nautical Research was founded at the turn of the 20th century to restore H.M.S. Victory which had by that time begun to badly deteriorate. Funds were raised by the sale of surplus ephemera and of souvenirs manufactured from unusable parts including nails and copper sheathing.

DATED '1805'

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