Eliza
A brightly decorated polychrome scroll-head with flowers and bunches of grapes, which by tradition comes from a vessel stationed as a coal hulk off Nut Rock, south of Tresco. According to the 'Valhalla' collection notes made by Charlotte Dorrien-Smith of Tresco Abbey it was wrecked in 1867, but nothing further is known of its origins.
Object Details
| ID: | FHD0052 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Figureheads |
| Type: | Scroll head |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Eliza fl.1867 |
| Date made: | 19th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Valhalla Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1422 mm x 330 mm x 356 mm |