Wooden box with lid

Wooden box with a lid, made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George'. It has an irregular, worm-eaten bottom and wooden hinge on the lid. On a plaque inset in the lid: 'ROYAL GEORGE Sunk 1782.'

Object Details

ID: REL0386
Collection: Relics
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Royal George (1756)
Date made: ca.1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 30 mm x 102 mm x 51 mm