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Description: | FOUDROYANT
LAUNCHED PLYMOUTH 1795
MADE FROM THE OLD FOUDROYANT
The Fletchers Antique Furniture & the Foudroyant. Company Ltd hereby certify that the article herewith, if of timber, is made of timber, and if of copper is made of copper obtained from Lord Nelson's flagship Foudroyant and which ship was wrecked off Blackpool, in the county of Lancaster, on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven.'
WRECKED BLACKPOOL 1897
Oak plaque, a cartouche-shaped copper plaque in the centre, depicting in high relief, the wreck of the 'Foudroyant' surmounted by the Royal Arms, surrounded by flowers, beneath is a shield bearing an anchor and two cornucopias. Oak leaves and acorns are carved on the oak frame. Inscribed on two shields on either side of the Royal Arms 'Launched Plymouth 1795' and 'Wrecked Blackpool 1897'. Beneath the ship 'FOUDROYANT' On ribbons round the cornucopias 'Made from the old Foudroyant'. On a label on the back: ' The Fletchers Antique Furniture & the Foudroyant. Company Ltd hereby certify that the article herewith, if of timber, is made of timber, and if of copper is made of copper obtained from Lord Nelson's flagship Foudroyant and which ship was wrecked off Blackpool, in the county of Lancaster, on the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven.'
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | motif: cornucopia plant: tree oak plaques Foudroyant (1798) oak: leaf oak: acorn | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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