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Description: | Vesta case, in silver with a hinged lid . The item is hallmarked and there is a striking surface on the base to light the matches it contained. Engraved on the front: 'C.R. Discovery, Edwin Bate'. Reverse: ' Keel laid 7th March 1900, Launched 21 March 1901, Trial 14th May 1901.' Edwin Bate (1836-1915) was a shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | match cases Edwin Discovery 1901 (HMS) Bate | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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