Round box with lid made from H.M.S. 'Northumberland'

A round wooden box with a lid engraved: 'PART OF THE TIMBERS OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND IN WHICH SIR GEORGE COCKBURN CONVEYED NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TO ST. HELENA AD 1815'.

Object Details

ID: REL0554
Collection: Relics
Type: Box
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Northumberland (1798)
Date made: 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm; Diameter: 133 mm
Parts: Round box with lid made from H.M.S. 'Northumberland'