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Saucer as used on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1910
A white saucer with a blue border and gold edge, as used on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1910, in 'Terra Nova' 1884. The saucer is printed with the badge of the expedition - a penguin sitting on an ice floe within a garter inscribed: 'BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, TERRA NOVA R.Y.S.' The maker's mark is printed on the base.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA5379 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Saucer |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dunn Bennett & Co Ltd |
| Events: | Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 |
| Vessels: | Terra Nova (1884) |
| Date made: | circa 1910 |
| People: | Dunn Bennett & Co Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 145 mm |