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A brass ship’s novelty clock presented to Captain Tynte F Hammill RN

Creator: H.M.S. / Royal Navy
Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A brass ship’s novelty clock presented to Captain Tynte F Hammill RN., in the form of a ship’s wheel set against an anchor and crossed cannon, all raised on cannon ball feet, on a wood and brass base, inset with a silver plaque reading; Presented to Tynte F Hammill RN on his marriage by Captain Lord Charles Beresford CB, Frederick R Broadman CB, Commander Charles Reeve, Lieutenant George Tyler, Lieutenant Hon. S C Colville, Lieutenant Colin Keppel, Paymaster William H F Kay, Surgeon George Bell. The dial inscribed Seafle & Soe, Paris. English and French, c 1885.

Footnote: Captain Tynte Ford Hammill, C.B., Royal Navy (1851 – 1894) was an exceptional navigator which won him the Beaufort Testimonial Prize for the year of 1871 when he took his Lieutenant’s exams. Due to his services on the Nile Expeditionary force in 1885 he was promoted captain, this was also the year in which he married Mary Schomberg on 22nd December at Blackheath. By 1892 he was in command of the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign and awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath. His final posting was to command HMS Camperdown but he died just eleven days later.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Brass and wood
Condition:	Good. Good
Creation Date:	1885
Styles / Movements:	Other, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	yetnyhkvpvsp
Incollect Reference #:	438753

Dimensions

W.	7 in;	H.	10.25 in;	D.	4 in;
W.	17.78 cm;	H.	26.04 cm;	D.	10.16 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art

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