Yoke
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Measurements
130 mm (Width) x 30 mm (Depth); 520 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333674
Summary
Brass yoke from a naval boat in the form of a pair of curved fish with arrow shaped tails. Inset pulley wheels. Inscribed 'COMR EYRE.R.N.' In notebook no.2, page 12 (1340945.2) Charles Wade refers to: 'Admiral 29. Brass Yoke. from a Naval Boat.' Includes sketch with dimensions.
Provenance
CPW Item 29 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
COMR EYRE R.N.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 2 The Admiral’s Room, 1944, page 12