Accession No

2937

Brief Description

log, Walker Excelsior IV, by Thomas Walker and Son Ltd., English, 1950 (c)

Origin

England; Birmingham

Maker

Thomas Walker and Son Ltd.

Class

navigation

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

enamel; metal (brass, steel, lead); glass; oil; wood

Dimensions

box length 385mm; breadth 195mm; height 140mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, South Kensington, London, England; lot 135, 09/12/1982.

Inscription

‘Walker’s
Excelsior IV Log
Made in England by Thos. Walker & Son Ltd. Birmingham’ (on dial)
‘Walker’s “Excelsior” IV Ship-Log (Outrigger Pattern)’ (label on box)

Description Notes

Register dial, white enamel face divided 0-100 by 10 to 5 ‘NAUTICAL MILES’ and a subsidiary dial 0-10 to 1 to 1/4 ‘MILES’. Hinged brass glazed cover with knurled screw; cast brass base; black painted with shaft to rotating, red, painted base. Pivotted brace to arm for attachment by fish plates to side of ship. 2 fish plates marked ‘STARBOARD AFT’ and ‘PORT AFT’; steel harpoon; leaded sinker; 100 feet of line; brass hook; tin of oil. All unused. Fitted wooden box with instructions for use in lid.

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