3rd Mar, 2025 10:00
Antiques & Collectors’ Items with Jewellery, Coins & Watches (Devon)
A ship's wall mounted hand bell, with clapper, inscribed 'True Reward L.T 172' height of bell including bracket 30cm x diameter of base 20 cm
Provenance: The bell was brought into a pub in Gloucester docks, run by the vendor's parents, by a man who broke up boats. True Reward was a Wood Screw Steamer and was registered in Lowestoft on 30th May, 1913, and built by Samuel Richards and Co Ltd. During both the First and Second World War, the ship was used as a boom defence vessel.
Sold for £270
A ship's wall mounted hand bell, with clapper, inscribed 'True Reward L.T 172' height of bell including bracket 30cm x diameter of base 20 cm
Provenance: The bell was brought into a pub in Gloucester docks, run by the vendor's parents, by a man who broke up boats. True Reward was a Wood Screw Steamer and was registered in Lowestoft on 30th May, 1913, and built by Samuel Richards and Co Ltd. During both the First and Second World War, the ship was used as a boom defence vessel.
Auction: Antiques & Collectors’ Items with Jewellery, Coins & Watches (Devon), 3rd Mar, 2025
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Viewing
Friday 28th February 2025 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday 1st March 2025 from 10:00 to 4:00pm
The Devon Saleroom
The Antique Village
Station Road
Hele
Exeter
EX5 4PW
01392 719826
hele@adampartridge.co.uk
Closing date for entries: Friday 14th February 2025
