A COOPERED WOODEN WATER 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 COOPERED WOODEN WATER BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

A COOPERED WOODEN WATER BUCKET FROM H.M.S. VICTORY
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With stout wooden cross-piece carrying-handle with iron suspension ring, the side of the bucket stamped 'HMS / VICTORY / SNR', 12 in. (30.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

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

Special notice

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Lot Essay

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.

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