Description
Naval interest: a Victorian silver mounted dressing table set,
by James Vickery, London 1856,
comprising, two scent bottles, seven silver mounted toilet jars, a manicure set , in a fitted wooden case, the hinge marked S. Mordan and Co, the hinged cover inlaid with a plaque inscribed 'PART OF KEEL OF H.M.S HANNIBAL DAMAGED AT KINBURN, 17th OCTOBER 1855', length 27.8cm, approx. weight 5.8oz.
the interior of the cover with a paper inscription; Admiral, the Right Hon. Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, Bart made of the wood knocked off from the keel of his ship H.M.S Hannibal when crossing the bar of the harbour at the attack and victory at Kinburn on Oct 17 1855 during the Crimean war.
