NAPOLEONIC INTEREST: THE BELLEROPHON
A circular oak box, inset with a silver garter to the lid inscribed ‘BELLEROPHON’ and a ‘B’ monogram to the centre, the interior of the lid with a green paper label "THIS BOX IS MADE FROM A PIECE OF WOOD THAT FORMED THE KNEE PART OF THE CABIN WHERE NAPOLEAN SLEPT WHEN A PRISONER ON BOARD OF THE BELLEROPHON...", 9.5cm diameter
Provenance: Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland KCB (1777-1839), Captain of HMS Bellerophon and thence by decent to Judith du Boulay (née Crichton-Maitland).
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£300 - £600
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Hammer price:
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£1,800 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland was an officer in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The most famous event of his career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him onboard HMS Bellerophon on the 15th July 1815, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars.
