Barrel with stand

Wooden barrel with a stand, with copper hoops and acorn-shaped bung. On a label: 'A portion of the foremast of the Bombay. The hoops are made from a portion of the lightning conductor...'

Object Details

ID: REL0486
Collection: Relics
Type: Barrel with stand
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Bombay (1828)
Date made: 1864
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection
Parts: Barrel with stand