90 90.
A SILVER-MOUNTED COCONUT BOWL INSCRIBED BY SURVIVORS FROM THE WRECK OF H.M. TROOP SHIP TRANSIT, BANGKA, 1857
polished, with simple rope design under rim, inscribed in red- filled letters THE TRANSIT wrecked off the ISLAND OF BANCA 10 July 1857, the silver rim engraved ‘W.T.P.’ -- 5in. (13cm.) wide; together with a printed copy from The Times of the 6th October 1857 with a survivor’s account of the wreck
Bound for Hong Kong, the troopship Transit had anchored off the eastern coast of Sumatra for the night before weighing anchor at 6.30am. At 9.30am she hit an unmarked reef at the northern end of Bangka Island and settled quickly. There was time to save some provisions and to make an orderly evacuation before the ship split along the keel stem to stern. Commander Ennis Chambers and her Master John Allard were severely reprimanded by a court martial for steaming too close and too fast to the island. According to the officer and author of the account published inThe Times ‘we have much to be thankful for. Had there been a rough sea the ship must have gone to pieces, and it must have washed off the reef those would could have reached it. Thank God! we are all alive, well, and on a very beautiful island, abounding in fresh water, plus pine apples, cocoanuts, and bananas...’
£400-600
91. A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH-THEMED SWEETHEARTS ‘BUGBEAR’ COCONUT FLASK, C.1820
inlaid with white metal thistles and hearts, glazed eyes, and incised with a Scottish tar wearing a Tam O’Shanter courting his lady, and another couple, the gentleman holding a umbrella with coconut palms beyond -- 5in. (13cm.) high
£500-800
91 92.
A FINELY-CARVED SWEETHEARTS ‘BUG BEAR’ COQUILLA NUT SCENT FLASK
carved with symbols of love and fidelity, the end terminating with a hound’s head, the ‘open’ end with metal bead eyes and ivory stopper in mouth, suspension chain secured either side -- 4in. (10cm.) long
£300-500
93. A PAIR OF 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRÆ depicting two demons with raised arms -- 5in. (13cm.) high £200-400
94. A 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRA
depicting a preacher [?John Wesley/Jack in the Pulpit] -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high
£150-200
95. A 19TH-CENTURY PAINTED WHALEBONE VERTEBRA
depicting a wide-eyed Chinaman with raised arms -- 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high £150-250
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