JS1744 - Copper/brass
James Service
Buttons: 6 pieces w/thread in holes. 1 x complete 4-hole button clearly marked W.T. RUSSELL 94 STRAND on front face; 1 x 4-hole button A/A in 2 pieces, with thread; 1 x button A/A in 3 pieces with thread.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 6
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1744
ID 11656
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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