Shell
Climax Rock Drill Co Ltd
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1916
Materials
Metal
Measurements
247 mm (Height); 83 mm (Diameter)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883697
Summary
An 18 lb presentation shell, given to Viscount Clifden by The Climax Rock Drill Co. Ltd. 5.1.1916
Provenance
Gift of the Hon Victor Agar-Robartes, later 8th Viscount Clifden, (See 1972 inventory), the elder brother of the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden,who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966
Marks and inscriptions
To/Viscount Clifden/With the Compliments/of the/Climax Rock Drill Co. Ltd./Carn Brae,/Cornwall./O.F. 18 PR./III/F.S./C R/C N/5.1.1916.
Makers and roles
Climax Rock Drill Co Ltd