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advertising medium: symbol, trade
backboard
Binnacle
board, stern
Carving
cathead
clothing outerwear: naval uniform: lieutenant
Deck game
Design, Half block model
Figurehead
furniture, ship's: washstand(double)
game: game, deck
Mariner's compass
model, oars
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: standard
Royal Barge
Rudder head
Stern Fragments
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(in binnacle)
Trade sign
Trade symbol
Washstand
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: three-decker (Spanish)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(half)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: skiff, rowing
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, royal
water transport accessory: backboard
water transport accessory: cathead
water transport accessory: figurehead(bust)
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
water transport accessory: figurehead(half length)
water transport accessory: figurehead(head)
water transport accessory: rudder head ?
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(possibly: lead paint)
brass
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coating: lacquer
coating: paint
copper
iron
lead
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mahogany
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metal: copper
organic: wood: mahogany
organic: wood: pine
pine
wood
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Display - Maritime London Gallery
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Avery, John
Grayfoot & Overton
Hellyer & Son
Kelvin & James White Ltd
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Greenwich Annual Regatta
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H.M.S. Polyphemus
Horatio (1807)
Implacable 1805 (HMS)
Jennie fl.1888
Repulse (1916)
Royal George 1817 (HMY)
Seringapatam (1819)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Avery, John
Backler, Henry
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Drayson, Alfred
Dunlop, James C.
Griffiths, John
Hayes, S Jfl
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Prince, William
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Washstand
Rudder head
Shallop (Royal Barge)
Implacable ( formerly Duguay-Trouin) (Stern Fragments)
Carving
Plenty (board, stern)
'Little midshipman' figure (Trade sign)
Justice (board, stern)
The bust-length figurehead of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson from HMS Horatio (1807) (Figurehead)
The attendant bearer for the figurehead from the 46-gun Fifrth Rate frigate HMS Seringapatam (1819) (Figurehead)
Carving
cathead
cathead
A polychrome bust-length figurehead of a male sailor in 'square rig' from the 12-gun sailing brig HMS Daring (1844) (Figurehead)
The bust figurehead of George III from the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' (1817) (Figurehead)
A bust figurehead of the Greek Fury Alecto from the captured French 74-gun Third Rate HMS Implacable (captured 1805) (Figurehead)
HMS Bristol (Figurehead)
HMS Polyphemus (Figurehead)
HMS Repulse (Design, Half block model)
Carving
Horseback deck game (Deck game)
A full-length polychrome figurehead of a bulldog from the wooden paddle sloop HMS Bulldog (1845). (Figurehead)
model, oars
backboard
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