Circular wooden box

A circular wooden box with a lid that is made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. The lid has three grooves that circle the top of the lid, along with four shallower lines that run across the middle of the lid from one edge to the other. The inset missing from the lid.

Object Details

ID: REL0381
Collection: Relics
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George (1756)
Date made: ca.1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 21 mm; Diameter: 70 mm
Parts: Circular wooden box
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