Original British Napoleonic Wars Naval Copper Measure Marked- H.M.S. Endymion Circa 1800 Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns WILLESDEN & WESTMINSTER

WILLESDEN & WESTMINSTER

Each end is marked with the number 5 perhaps indicating which unit it belonged to and the letters T

Condition of leather is good and supple

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was ceded the Philippine islands at the close of the Spanish American War in 1898

Original British Napoleonic Wars Naval Copper Measure Marked- H.M.S. Endymion Circa 1800 Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns WILLESDEN & WESTMINSTEROriginal Item: One of a kind. From an old handwritten paper label still attached to the iron handle this copper measure is a "Purser's Measure" circa 1800 which was purchased in Plymouth in 1826 by "Rev. J. Parker D. D." (Doctor of Divinity). A very interestingly shaped 12" tall cone vessel 6" at widest across the top tapering to just 3" across the bottom. Complete with its 10" long saucepan type iron handle with suspension hole. The body of the