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Description: | Dox? box (Mathias and Charles V) ......H.J.Lambert 1.2.37? Carded
Herbert J.Lambert Weddle Beck & Co. 20. Copthall Avenue, London E.C.2 TELEPHONES: METROPOLITAN 1234 (10 LINES) "Oakdene" Newquay Road, Catford, S.E.6. TELEPHONE: HITHER GREEN 3448
This Box was part of the "Matthias" or "Charles" the Vth Dutch Men-of -war which were sunk in St Mary's Creek, Chatham, in the year 1667 when the Dutch Fleet came up the Medway in that year and was found by a party of convicts during the excavating of the new docks and Basins at the Extension Works St Mary's Island HM Dockyard Chatham in the year 1876. Thos Luker. Metropolitan Police
This box was found in the effects of my mother in law. Mrs S.E. Luber? who in her young days was head nurse to Admiral Codringtons children. I though you would like it for the Museum (signed) H.J. Lambert
Box, wooden, hinged lid, lined with green baize. Made from the wood of Dutch ship 'Matthias' or 'Charles V'. Inside lid: 'This Box was part of the "Matthias" or "Charles" the Vth Dutch Men-of -war which were sunk in St Mary's Creek, Chatham, in the year 1667 when the Dutch Fleet came up the Medway in that year and was found by a party of convicts during the excavating of the new docks and Basins at the Extension Works St Mary's Island HM Dockyard Chatham in the year 1876. Thos Luker. Metropolitan Police.'
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | boxes Matthias active 1667 (Netherlandish) Charles V fl.1667 (Netherlandish) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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