Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 2nd December 2025
Lot 397
H.M.S. Foudroyant: a souvenir plaque fashioned from the famous ship's timbers and set with a fine
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £406
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Description
H.M.S. Foudroyant: a souvenir plaque fashioned from the famous ship's timbers and set with a fine electrotyped copper ornament, the oak plaque of rectangular form with a carved panel of leaf sprays against a seeded ground, the centre occupied by a copper shield embellished in high relief with a view of the Foudroyant as she foundered, with 'MADE FROM THE OLD FOUDROYANT' to a banner scrolling around two cornucopiae with an anchor between, two shields above divided by the Royal Arms and inscribed 'LAUNCHED PLYMOUTH 1798' and 'WRECKED BLACKPOOL 1897', the intervening spaces occupied by roses, all within a border of C-scrolls and with an acanthus detail below, 38 x 29.5 cm.
(38 x 29.5 cm)
H.M.S. Foudroyant, an 80-gun Third Rate ship of the line, is notable for, among other things, having been the Flagship of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson for part of the period following the Battle of the Nile when he remained in the Mediterranean to support the interests of the Neapolitan Royal Family and to pursue his affair with Emma Hamilton.