Glove box

A mahogany marquetry glove box with a monogram 'GMLS' inlaid on the lid (Gertrude M. Lewis Smith). A shell is inlaid into the front. The box was made for the wife of Surgeon Rear-Admiral Frank Lewis Smith (1881-1942) during the time he served on 'Caroline' from August 1916 to February 1919.

The maker was most likely the ship's carpenter Frederick William Fielder, or possibly Albert W.E. Todd. Fielder, born in 1884, was an ex-dockyard apprentice from Gosport, Hampshire, who was appointed acting carpenter on 12 April 1914. His replacement, Albert Todd was a boilermaker from Stockton, Durham, who joined the Royal Navy in August 1918.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0183
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Glove box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Fielder, Frederick William
Vessels: Caroline (1914)
Date made: 1916-1919; 1916-19
People: Smith, Frank Lewis; Lewis Smith, Gertrude Mfl
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 285 mm x 105 mm
Parts: Glove box