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Snuff box made from HSM 'Boyne'
A snuff box made from the wood of HMS 'Boyne'. A wooden box, once lined with cut off corners. It is hinged part way along lid. A copper plate on the lid is engraved with an equestrian statue of William III. On a paper inside: 'A piece of the old Boyne weighed from the bottom at Portsmouth after she was burnt. Presented by T. Afleck when Lieut to his uncle Adml. Affleck.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0488 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Snuff box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Boyne (1790) |
| Date made: | After 1795 |
| People: | King William III; Affleck, T. Affleck |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 22 mm x 80 mm x 62 mm |
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