Box

Box for a Lloyd's Patriotic Fund £100 Trafalgar pattern presentation sword. It was owned by Vice-Admiral Thomas Dundas (died 1841). Fitted mahogany box lined with blue baize. An inscription on the box (brass plaque on top) reads: 'From the Patriotic Fund Lloyds London to Captn Thos.Dundas of H.M.S. Naiad 1805'. A paper label is adhered to the inside of the lid. The box contains a belt clasp sewn to a length of material.

Object Details

ID: WPN1599.1
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Phipps Hornby Collection
Measurements: Overall: 70 mm x 1010 mm x 215 mm
Parts: Presentation Sword
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