Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 5th July 2023
Lot 150
NAVAL INTEREST. AN OAK TREEN GOBLET MADE FROM WRECKAGE OF THE RAID ON THE MEDWAY
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £150
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Description
NAVAL INTEREST. AN OAK TREEN GOBLET MADE FROM WRECKAGE OF THE RAID ON THE MEDWAY
C.1875
with a handwritten label to the underside 'Soda Water Cup...oak taken from the HMS Matthias...destroyed by the Dutch fleet...[Med]way in June 1667...in St. Mary's Creek 1875', together with five goblets, including: a mahogany example with a campana shaped bowl on a knopped stem and a turned foot and a walnut example with a reeded bowl on a waisted stem and a turned foot (6)
10.2cm high (max)
Provenance
The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen.