Bidspirit auction | OF NAVAL INTEREST A COPPER

OF NAVAL INTEREST A COPPER AND OAK WALKING CANE constructed with pieces of copper and oak from HMS Foudroyant - Nelson's flagship before HMS Victory, the Foudroyant stayed in service and was later wrecked, with craftsmen being given licence to create commemorative pieces such as this from the wreckage, the handle cast from copper, stamped ”OAK & COPPER FROM VESSEL AFTER BREAKING UP”, relief of Horatio Viscount Nelson, key dates of Foudroyant's history, REGd No. 311490. (80cm long)