Presentation box
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1875 - 1877
Materials
Pine, rexine, paper, photographic paper
Measurements
13.2 x 34.5 x 39.8 cm
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428862.1
Summary
A blue cloth-bound wooden box with a dark blue leather label inscribed in gilt 'Her Majesty's Ships/ the/ Alert and Discovery./ 1875-1876.' Surmounted by royal coat of arms.
Provenance
Presented to Benjamin Disraeli by the Admirality 4th July, 1877. Presumably in thanks for Disraeli's endorsement of the expedition during his second term as Prime Minister (1874-1880). See main record (428862) for more provenance details.
Marks and inscriptions
'Her Majesty's Ships/ the/ Alert and Discovery./ 1875-1876.'