Casket
Mr. J. Yelland
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1910
Materials
Textile, Watercolour paint, Wood
Measurements
114 x 210 mm; 330 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Devon?
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882973
Summary
Carved oak presentation casket/box, lined in blue velvet and containing a mallet, a chisel, a piece of rope and three keys, used by Viscountess Clifden for launching HMS Lion on the 6th August 1910. On the underside of the lid is an oval watercolour of the ship by Ernest Harrington - see also LAN.D.243, also in Lady Robartes's Room.
Provenance
Presented to Viscountess Clifden following the launching of the HMS Lion on the 6th August 1910 at Devonport Dockyard. Later given to the National Trust by The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden.
Makers and roles
Mr. J. Yelland, craftsman Cyril Blackmore, craftsman Ernest Harrington, artist