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Tea caddy
Tea caddy, relic of Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936).
Silver-plated tea caddy, damaged in an explosion aboard Beatty's ship HMS ‘Lion’ at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915.
Originally cube-shaped with canted corners and a plain round neck, the tea caddy is now broken into two pieces, and is twisted and buckled, with parts missing. One corner of the top is inscribed: 'Tea caddy broken by explosion of shell in Admiral's cabin at Dogger Bank'.
Silver-plated tea caddy, damaged in an explosion aboard Beatty's ship HMS ‘Lion’ at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915.
Originally cube-shaped with canted corners and a plain round neck, the tea caddy is now broken into two pieces, and is twisted and buckled, with parts missing. One corner of the top is inscribed: 'Tea caddy broken by explosion of shell in Admiral's cabin at Dogger Bank'.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0745 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Tea caddy |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Dogger Bank, 1915; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Lion (1910) |
| Date made: | circa 1915 |
| People: | Beatty, David |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 105 x 100 x 85 mm |
| Parts: | Tea caddy |