Writing box
Blue leather covered writing box with document pouch inside the lid. Inscribed on the lid: COMMANDER CHAMBERLAIN PRIVATE'. There is a tray inside with ink bottle and a compartment containing two quill pens, one quill with a brush at one end and a steel nib at the other, one block Indian ink, small cardboard box with a picture of ballerina on the lid and two mother of pearl discs, the point of 1/2 pair of dividers, two steel nibs, two drawing pins, four round paper stickers (blue with monogram TH), one white sticker printed with 'Adieu' and one glass button.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA3381 |
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Type: | Writing box |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Halstaff & Hannaford |
Date made: | before 1879 |
People: | Rear-Admiral William Charles Chamberlain, William Charles |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 394 mm x 267 mm x 146 mm |