Group of 27 Wooden Match Holder Barrels Made from Reclaimed Ships’ Timbers, c.1950

Group of 27 Wooden Match Holder Barrels Made from Reclaimed Ships’ timbers, c.1950 The match holders in the form of hollowed-out turned teak wood barrels, each with a plaque recording the name of the vessel which provided the timber from which it was made. The ships represented in the current collection are as follows: From the teak of HMS Cambrian Height: 32.5 in From the teak of HMS Iron Duke. Admiral Jellicoe’s flag ship. Jutland 1916 Height: 3 in From the teak of HMS Sirdar Height: 3.75 in From the teak of HMS Snapdragon Height: 3.25 in HMS Iroquois Height: 3.25 in HMS Iron Duke. As above From the decking of the Mauritania. The old lady of the Atlantic Height: 3.25 in From the bowsprit of HMS Victory. Nelsons flagship Trafalgar 1805 Height: 3.25 in From the timber of HMS GAnges. Built Bombay 1821, Broken up at Plymouth 1930 Height: 3 in From the teak of HMS M S Restless Height: 3 in HMS Ormonde Height: 3.25 in HMS Spartiate Height: 3.25 in From the decking of the Mauritania. Old lady of the Atlantic Height: 3.25 in From the teak of HMS Terrible. Whose guns relieved Ladysmith Height: 2.25 in HMS Queen Elizabeth. Dardanelles 1915. Earl Beatty’s flagship. Grand fleet 1917 Height: 2.25 in From the decks of HMS Anson (originally Jellicoe) Russian convoys 1942 Height: 2.25 in Tirpitz 1944 Height: 2 in From the teak of HMS Warspite Height: 2 in From the teak of HMS Ajax. Battle of the River Plate Height: 2 in From the teak of HMS Sesame Height: 2 in From the teak of HMS Valiant Jutland 1916 From ten teak of HMS Birmingham. Dogger Bank and Jutland and fame Height: 2.25 in From the timber of HMS Cornwall. Launched Bombay 1815 Height: 2 in From the timber of HMS Worcester. Launched Portsmouth 1860 Height: 2.25 in