Tuesday, 10 April 2012



An early 20th century rectangular hand painted ship's biscuit painted in oils with
a profile of HMS 'King Alfred' 1901 and inscribed 'A . MERRY . XMAS', 'H.M.S. KING . ALFRED'. The surface is varnished. 'King Alfred' was an armoured cruiser, built by Vickers in 1901.


Sailers craftwork, materials wheat flour 15mm x 102mm x 79mm

Information and image taken from National Maritime museum 

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