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Post box
Teak country house post box with a grooved plinth and hinged lid. A slot is cut in the latter for letters (possibly a later conversion). An ironwork grill is set into the front is painted grey except for a gold 'S' in the centre. On a brass plate on the lid: 'In memoriam / HMS SULTAN / wrecked off Malta / March 1889 / From A H M'. On a torn paper stuck inside the lid 'R. Admiral / Albert Markham'.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0404 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Letter box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Sultan (1870) |
| Date made: | circa 1889 |
| People: | Markham, Albert Hastings |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 255 mm x 525 mm x 250 mm x 8.5 kg |