A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER BY…
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CASED POCKET BAROMETER & MINIATURE TABLE FROM 'HMS EURYDICE'.
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3935162. CASED POCKET BAROMETER & MINIATURE TABLE FROM 'HMS EURYDICE'.
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3935162. CASED POCKET BAROMETER & MINIATURE TABLE FROM 'HMS EURYDICE'.
Description
A mixed lot including a pocket barometer with a silvered dial and gilt metal case, in a leather case. Also with a miniature mahogany table, with a label on the base, 'Part of HMS Eurydice, wrecked March 24, 1878' (9.5cms diameter). (2)
*In 1878, three-year-old Winston Churchill watched alongside his nurse as the HMS Eurydice sank off the coast of England’s Isle of Wight. The tragedy, which took the lives of over 300 men, would become one of the most devastating peacetime naval disasters in British history. According to legend, the phantom ship continues to sail off the coast of Sandown and Shanklin over 100 years after her fatal voyage.
Condition
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71 EUR
Estimate: 48 EUR
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| 3 A | 5 Dec, 13:32 | 71 EUR |
| 4 | 5 Dec, 13:32 | 65 EUR |
| 3 A | 5 Dec, 11:57 | 59 EUR |
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3935162. CASED POCKET BAROMETER & MINIATURE TABLE FROM 'HMS EURYDICE'.
Description
A mixed lot including a pocket barometer with a silvered dial and gilt metal case, in a leather case. Also with a miniature mahogany table, with a label on the base, 'Part of HMS Eurydice, wrecked March 24, 1878' (9.5cms diameter). (2)
*In 1878, three-year-old Winston Churchill watched alongside his nurse as the HMS Eurydice sank off the coast of England’s Isle of Wight. The tragedy, which took the lives of over 300 men, would become one of the most devastating peacetime naval disasters in British history. According to legend, the phantom ship continues to sail off the coast of Sandown and Shanklin over 100 years after her fatal voyage.
Condition
see online images.
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