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Rare 19th Century Maritime Snuff Box 1848
Rare 19th century heart shaped snuff box. With maritime interest. Engraved with an image of The Francis Ridley - Ship - carried emigrants to Austalia . Good engraving with good detail . Novelty heart shape. Approximately 3.5" x 3.5".
A Francis Ridley is listed in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, from 1848-58, but is not listed thereafter. She is listed as being built in 1847 at Southampton a 635 ton ship owned by F. Ridley, and registered at London. Her first voyage was from Southampton to Bombay, and after survey in 1849 she was bound from London to Sydney. Somewhere between 1854 and 1855, F. Ridley sold her to H. Mather, of London, by whom she was employed as an emigrant ship to Australia for several years. Syme’s Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports lists arrivals at Melbourne – • 12/2/49 [London (9/11/48) for China] • 27/8/50 [Adelaide (22/8/50) for Sydney (9/9/50)] • 10/7/53 [London (18/3/53) for London (26/1/54)] • 6/3/55 [London (26/11/54) for Callao (16/4/55)] The Mercantile Navy List, for 1857, gives her Official Number as 15842 and the Signal Letters – L.V.B.D. However, despite being a relatively new ship, according to Lloyd’s she was last surveyed in 1856, prior to a voyage from London to Australia. She then disappears from the records, and was probably lost during that voyage. There is a painting of her in the National Library of Australia
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A Francis Ridley is listed in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, from 1848-58, but is not listed thereafter. She is listed as being built in 1847 at Southampton a 635 ton ship owned by F. Ridley, and registered at London. Her first voyage was from Southampton to Bombay, and after survey in 1849 she was bound from London to Sydney. Somewhere between 1854 and 1855, F. Ridley sold her to H. Mather, of London, by whom she was employed as an emigrant ship to Australia for several years. Syme’s Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports lists arrivals at Melbourne – • 12/2/49 [London (9/11/48) for China] • 27/8/50 [Adelaide (22/8/50) for Sydney (9/9/50)] • 10/7/53 [London (18/3/53) for London (26/1/54)] • 6/3/55 [London (26/11/54) for Callao (16/4/55)] The Mercantile Navy List, for 1857, gives her Official Number as 15842 and the Signal Letters – L.V.B.D. However, despite being a relatively new ship, according to Lloyd’s she was last surveyed in 1856, prior to a voyage from London to Australia. She then disappears from the records, and was probably lost during that voyage. There is a painting of her in the National Library of Australia
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DimensionsApproximately 3.5" x 3.5".
Category Antique Boxes
Date 1848
19th Century Antiques Material Brass
Origin English
Condition EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST INTERNAL WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH USE
Item code as446a164
Status Sold
£180.00 
$221.38 
€212.85 
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