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1. A whale’s tooth engraved with a whaling scene and British warships.
*A whale’s tooth engraved with a whaling scene and British warships. The size of this sperm whale tooth indicates a relatively early date before overfishing had killed the larger whales. One side shows a barque-rigged...
2. A skiff backboard won at the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks Regatta of 1886.
*A skiff backboard won at the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks Regatta of 1886. A decorated prize backboard won by William Prince at the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks Regatta held on 30 August 1886.
3. A whale’s tooth engraved with a whaling scene and British warships.
*A whale’s tooth engraved with a whaling scene and British warships. The size of this sperm whale tooth indicates a relatively early date, before overfishing had killed the larger whales. One side shows a barque-rigged...
4. A whaling trypot.
*A whaling trypot. A whaling trypot, which was used for rendering down blubber for oil. Once a whale was captured, the grueling process of cutting-in (flensing off the...
5. Ship's biscuit or hard tack.
*Ship's biscuit or hard tack. Providing food at sea was a major problem for both naval and merchant shipping from the 17th century onwards. Several methods of preserving were...
6. Chinese soapstone pagodas.
*Chinese soapstone pagodas. In 1833 the East India Company finally lost its monopoly and trade with the east was opened to private firms. Shipbuilding companies like Green and...
7. A skiff backboard won at the Greenwich Regatta of 1852.
*A skiff backboard won at the Greenwich Regatta of 1852. Decorated skiff backboards were often awarded as prizes at 19th-century Thames regattas. This mahogany backboard, painted with the City of London...
8. A shipwright's chisel.
*A shipwright's chisel. This shipwright's chisel was made by Buck and Hickman of Whitechapel, London. It is a mortice chisel with a narrow blade and a thick shaft. The owner...
9. A P&O jug, c. 1880.
*A P&O jug, c. 1880. A decorative ironstone china water jug, c. 1880, used by passengers on the P&O liners between Britain, Australia, India and the Far East.
10. A carving of an anchor.
*A carving of an anchor. A wood carving of an anchor from the late 19th century.
 
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