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A GEORGE III GENTLEMAN'S ENCLOSED MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE, FORMERLY USED ABOARD SHIP BY VICE-ADMIRAL GEORGE M CKINLEY, COMPLETE WITH FITTINGS AND CONTENTS
A GEORGE III GENTLEMAN'S ENCLOSED MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE, FORMERLY USED ABOARD SHIP BY VICE-ADMIRAL GEORGE M CKINLEY, COMPLETE WITH FITTINGS AND CONTENTS the hinged top enclosing a central hinged and sashed mirror flanked by lidded and fitted compartments and divisions, below a pull-out writing surface, a large drawer fitted with a porcelain bowl and other fittings, over a zinc-lined drawer with plug, lion's mask pulls and side handles (original legs removed to facilitate use aboard ship) -- 27 x 27½ x 19¾in. (68.5 x 70 x 50cm.) Silver presentation plaque dated 1 s t January, 1808; together with contents: Manuscripts including: A Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Ship Ganges, continued from the 20 t h January, 1803 up to 27 s t January, 1806, bound between leather-covered boards; Lively's Watch, & Station Bills. , with thumb-index and occasional watercolours, bound with red boards; A volume of copy correspondence between H.M.Ships Harpy and Scout between 1829 and 1841; a quantity of promotion commissions to McKinley through the various ranks of Admiral; an un-trimmed Memorandum of Service for McKinley; and a large quantity of personal correspondence, wills, paper ephemera and memoranda. Books , including: Beatty, William, M.D. Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson . 1825. London: W. Mason. 3 r d Edition; Bergh, Francis. The Story of a Sailor's Life. 1852; Bothe, Friderici Henr. Anacreontica Graece . 1812. Bliss & Baxter; Butler, Samuel. Hudibras: The First Part . 1710. Black Boy - Pater Noster Row; Locker, Edward Hawke. Portraits of Celebrated Naval Commanders (parts I - IV incl.) .1831. Nicol, Shakespeare Press; Wright, Thomas, M.A. Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge. No. I and II. London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street; A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, August 1782. Bound in the wood of the wreck. 7th Edition . 1844. Portsea: S. Horsey, Sen; Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty's Service at the Sea . 1772. London. 11 t h Edition; A Farewell to my Old Shipmates and Messmates , by the Old Quarter Master. 1847. Portsea: W. Woodward; The Seaman's Recorder of Authentic and Interesting Narratives of Shipwrecks . London: W. Crawford, Cheapside; Steel's Original and Correct list of the Royal Navy & Hon. Eat-India Company's Shipping . 1809 and 1810. London: Steel's Navigation Warehouse; and others. Objects , including: a 1½in. four-drawer mahogany and brass telescope, signed and inscribed by the eye-cup WATKINS Charing-Cross LONDON Cap t n M cKinley, R.N. -- 36in. (91cm.) extended (main lens cracked) ; a botanist's microscope signed CARY London , with ivory slides and accessories in fitted box; a pair of iron horn-rimmed spectacles with tie-on type arms for use with a wig, and three other assorted pairs; a mother-of-pearl and silver magnifier (rim detached) ; a pair of portable weighing scales in shagreen case with approximate rates of exchange; and other items (a lot)