Sailor's Carved Coconut Bowl,
Sailor's Carved Coconut Bowl, , , circa 1790, the coconut marked out in three panels with a ship at sea, an anchor with the initials T. H. and a floral design of oak, HEARTS OF OAK, 72 x 105 mm. Good very fine. £Sold
The National Maritime Museum has a bowl used by Captain Bligh.
A 19th-century museum label is attached with the inscription, numbered '1086': 'Relic of the mutiny on the 'Bounty', bowl made and used by Captain Bligh to eat his ration while adrift.'
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