Beta
Back to Search Results
An image showing 'OBJ0394; Bonbonniere globe depicting Halley's comet, and box'
An image showing 'OBJ0394; Bonbonniere globe depicting Halley's comet, and box'
An image showing 'OBJ0394; Bonbonniere globe depicting Halley's comet, and box'
An image showing 'OBJ0394; Bonbonniere globe depicting Halley's comet, and box'
An image showing 'OBJ0394; Bonbonniere globe depicting Halley's comet, and box'
An image showing 'Record Shot - Do not reproduce.'
An image showing 'Record Shot - Do not reproduce.'
+ -

Bonbonniere

A bonbonniere with the outside decorated as a celestial globe. The globe is blue with gold stars and a gold-coloured metal band around the centre with a hinge. The inside is enamelled in white and has a bust-length, line portrait of Edmond Halley with the inscription "Edmond Halley 1656 - 1742" near the hinge. Below the hinge is the inscription "Halley's Comet 1986".
Back to Search Results
Buy a print License an image

For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0394
Type: Bonbonniere
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Halcyon Days
Events: Return of Halley's Comet, 1985-1986
Date made: 1986
People: Halley, Edmond
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm x 50 mm
Parts: Bonbonniere