Mahogany chest

Mahogany chest lined with baize. Drop down front. Silver plaque on the top engraved 'Cassini's Map of France taken from the Field of Waterloo by Col. Henry Percy Aide-de-camp to Wellington.' This plaque was designed and affixed in 1936, following correspondence between Frank Maggs and James Caird (correspondence is now in the British Library, Maggs Archive, Box 1216).

Object Details

ID: PBH8042(188)
Type: Chest
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1744-1815; 1740-179- 1740-1789
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 370 mm x 810 mm x 370 mm
Parts: Carte Geometrique de la France (Map)