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Description: | Tea caddy, relic of Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936).
Silver-plated tea caddy, damaged in an explosion aboard Beatty's ship HMS ?Lion? at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915.
Originally cube-shaped with canted corners and a plain round neck, the tea caddy is now broken into two pieces, and is twisted and buckled, with parts missing. One corner of the top is inscribed: 'Tea caddy broken by explosion of shell in Admiral's cabin at Dogger Bank'.
Inscription. Relic condition: in two pieces.
caption: Tea caddy | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | David Beatty Lion 1910 (HMS) tea caddies | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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