JS1547B - Copper/brass
James Service
Buttons 2 wit. 1 x buckle complete, marked W.T. RUSSELL, …STRAND; 1 x buckle with part missing, also with part of same maker’s mark.
Both with remains of fastening thread.
[See + JS 1547A for 3 copper alloy buckle fragments with textile]
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1547
ID 24489
Status Commonwealth
James Service was built at Glasgow in Scotland by Dobie and Co. and launched in October 1869. It had a clinker plated hull, two decks, a round stern, one bulkhead and a demi figurehead of a man. It had a raised quarterdeck 4.3 m long, and a forecastle 5.8 m in length and had been cemented. The owners were Archibald Currie & Co. of Melbourne, who used it in trading between Melbourne and...
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