Carved wooden box

Chip carved wooden box with sliding lid, possibly used as a snuff box. Carved from wood of the 'Halsewell', an East Indiaman wrecked off Seacombe in 1786.The lid is decorated with a spray of foliage. The base with an anchor and inscription: 'M P 1796'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0806
Collection: Relics
Type: Snuff box
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Halsewell (1778)
Date made: circa 1796
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 15 mm x 73 mm x 40 mm
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