![TERRA NOVA An electroplated cruet set from the Terra Nova wardroom, by Walker & Henderson, Sheffield, [c.1900]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/15/8487463-2-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "TERRA NOVA An electroplated cruet set from the Terra Nova wardroom, by Walker & Henderson, Sheffield, [c.1900] Sold for £7,250 inc. premium")
30 Mar 2012
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
TERRA NOVA
An electroplated cruet set from the Terra Nova wardroom, by Walker & Henderson, Sheffield, the trefoil stand on three raised ball feet, with stem and loop handle and cut glass fitments, makers' marks on the base of the stand and the salt and pepper pots, the front with expedition logo ('British Antarctic Expedition Terra Nova R.Y.S.' in a band surrounding a penguin on the Pole), the mustard spoon engraved B.A.E.T.N./R.Y.S., the whole 150mm. high
Sold for
£7,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- An example of this cruet can be seen on the table in the celebrated photograph of the Captain Scott's birthday dinner at Cape Evans in June 1911, by Herbert Ponting. See illustration overleaf.
Provenance: P.O. Patrick Keohane and by descent; Christie's 21 September 2005, lot 364.
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