H.M.S. LUTINE: RECOVERED ARTEFACTS
comprising a silver teaspoon with crest and with further fragments of a large spoon and part handle, and a regulation naval button, contained in fitted plush-lined leather case and tray (missing lid) -- 6½in. (16.5cm.) diameter, and with manuscript vellum provenance regarding H.M.S. Lutine and the raising of these artefacts in 1859, signed John Heron Hill

Condition Report
In recovered condition; silver spoon has been polished at a later date; case in poor overall condition; missing lid and with scuff marks etc.

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