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An oak table made from timber salvaged from Admiral NelsonÕs ship H.M.S. Foudroyant the rectangular top with a moulded edge above a frieze drawer with a copper handle and an undertier on square tapering legs and spade feet with a brass plaque from Goodall Lamb and Heighway Ltd Manchester ÔManufactured from the oak and copper salved from NelsonÕs FoudroyantÕ 70cm high 62cm wide 49cm deep (burn marks and patches) Ordered in 1788 laid down at Plymouth in 1791 and launched in May 1798 H.M.S. Foudroyant was an 80-gun two-decker of 2062 tons. Originally promised to Nelson but still unfinished when he was ordered to the Mediterranean in March 1798 she later served briefly as his flagship (June 1799-June 1800) before becoming flagship to Admiral Lord Keith. After an active rôle in the recapture of Malta she was refitted in 1802-03 and then returned to sea until 1812 when her active career came to an end. Thereafter stationed at Devonport on dockyard duties she was finally placed on the Sales List in 1891 and sold out of the service the following January for £2350. Bought by J. Read of Portsmouth he promptly resold her to German shipbreakers and thereby prompted a storm of protest amongst the general public. An appeal was launched to save her and thanks to the generosity of Mr. G.W. Cobb of Caldicot Castle Chepstow she was towed back to the Thames estuary and restored at Erith by Mr. Shuttleworth using her original plans loaned by the Admiralty. To offset the restoration cost of £20000 it was then decided to exhibit her at various seaside resorts and in June 1897 she was towed to Blackpool. On the 16th of the month during a violent storm she dragged her moorings and ran ashore on the pleasure beach near the North Pier. All aboard her were saved but Foudroyant was so badly damaged as to be beyond saving. Still essentially intact she continued to prove a major attraction to visitors but that NovemberÕs gales dashed her to pieces and ended her long life rather ignominiously. The public remained fascinated by her however to the extent that all her salvageable timber and metal was eventually recycled into a wide variety of maritime souvenirs including furniture such as this side table.
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A 19TH CENTURY BIEDERMEYER DRUM SHAPED WORK BOX the interior with pop up neo classical secret compartment with mirrored, ivory and ebony pillars and also fitted ivory and ebony reel holders in an arrangement of compartments enclosed by a hinged rising lid and inset mirror and still life panel, gilt mounts, pen work foliate decoration, pineapple undertier and ebonised basket, 29" high, 16" diameter. (see illustration).
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