Lid for spool-shaped box made from H.M.S. 'Shannon'
Lid for spool-shaped wooden box. 3 small circular rings decorate the border of the rim and a metal plaque at the centre of the lid is inscribed: 'A relic of the Shannon frigate, victor of the Chesapeake 1813'. 'Shannon' was broken up in 1859.
Object Details
| ID: | REL0570.2 |
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| Type: | Box lid |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | After 1859 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 9 mm x 80 mm x 80 mm |
| Parts: |
Spool-shaped box made from H.M.S. 'Shannon' (Box)
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