1st May, 2013 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent)
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[M] IRISH SEA PACKET STEAMER HER MAJESTY, 1843<br/>an...
IRISH SEA PACKET STEAMER HER MAJESTY, 1843
an Imari pattern-decorated soup plate, the bowl transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Her Majesty of Fleetwood, and the reverse with impressed mark BB. New Stone -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter, slight crazing but overall good condition and a rare survival from an early wrecked paddler
Ex. Richardson Collection, Bonham's, 9th February 2000, lot 22.
Built by Tod & McGregor on the Clyde in 1843, the iron paddler Her Majesty was ordered for the Fleetwood to Ardrossan (Ayrshire) route but soon transferred onto the Fleetwood to Belfast run when it was inaugurated in 1844. Operated by the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company but registered in the name of Frederick Kemp of Fleetwood, she was 499 tons gross and measured 160 feet in length with a 25 foot beam. Subsequently the first steamer to operate on the new Fleetwood to Londonderry route when it opened in January 1849, she was wrecked on Rathlin Island during the night of 22nd March,1849 whilst on passage back to Fleetwood. No lives were lost and her cargo was saved although the vessel herself was a total loss.
an Imari pattern-decorated soup plate, the bowl transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Her Majesty of Fleetwood, and the reverse with impressed mark BB. New Stone -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter, slight crazing but overall good condition and a rare survival from an early wrecked paddler
Ex. Richardson Collection, Bonham's, 9th February 2000, lot 22.
Built by Tod & McGregor on the Clyde in 1843, the iron paddler Her Majesty was ordered for the Fleetwood to Ardrossan (Ayrshire) route but soon transferred onto the Fleetwood to Belfast run when it was inaugurated in 1844. Operated by the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company but registered in the name of Frederick Kemp of Fleetwood, she was 499 tons gross and measured 160 feet in length with a 25 foot beam. Subsequently the first steamer to operate on the new Fleetwood to Londonderry route when it opened in January 1849, she was wrecked on Rathlin Island during the night of 22nd March,1849 whilst on passage back to Fleetwood. No lives were lost and her cargo was saved although the vessel herself was a total loss.
Sold for £223
Estimated at £200 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
IRISH SEA PACKET STEAMER HER MAJESTY, 1843
an Imari pattern-decorated soup plate, the bowl transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Her Majesty of Fleetwood, and the reverse with impressed mark BB. New Stone -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter, slight crazing but overall good condition and a rare survival from an early wrecked paddler
Ex. Richardson Collection, Bonham's, 9th February 2000, lot 22.
Built by Tod & McGregor on the Clyde in 1843, the iron paddler Her Majesty was ordered for the Fleetwood to Ardrossan (Ayrshire) route but soon transferred onto the Fleetwood to Belfast run when it was inaugurated in 1844. Operated by the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company but registered in the name of Frederick Kemp of Fleetwood, she was 499 tons gross and measured 160 feet in length with a 25 foot beam. Subsequently the first steamer to operate on the new Fleetwood to Londonderry route when it opened in January 1849, she was wrecked on Rathlin Island during the night of 22nd March,1849 whilst on passage back to Fleetwood. No lives were lost and her cargo was saved although the vessel herself was a total loss.
an Imari pattern-decorated soup plate, the bowl transfer-printed with a portside view of the paddle-steamer Her Majesty of Fleetwood, and the reverse with impressed mark BB. New Stone -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) diameter, slight crazing but overall good condition and a rare survival from an early wrecked paddler
Ex. Richardson Collection, Bonham's, 9th February 2000, lot 22.
Built by Tod & McGregor on the Clyde in 1843, the iron paddler Her Majesty was ordered for the Fleetwood to Ardrossan (Ayrshire) route but soon transferred onto the Fleetwood to Belfast run when it was inaugurated in 1844. Operated by the North Lancashire Steam Navigation Company but registered in the name of Frederick Kemp of Fleetwood, she was 499 tons gross and measured 160 feet in length with a 25 foot beam. Subsequently the first steamer to operate on the new Fleetwood to Londonderry route when it opened in January 1849, she was wrecked on Rathlin Island during the night of 22nd March,1849 whilst on passage back to Fleetwood. No lives were lost and her cargo was saved although the vessel herself was a total loss.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Excellent), 1st May, 2013
