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.

Object Details

ID: AAA3381
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