JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 16 May 2023 - 10:00 AM start
A cup/saucer/place set from H.M.S. Hood,
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Lot Details
one of five only, this was presented to our vendor's great grandparents when The Hood, together with H.M.S Renown visited NZ in 1924. (Some cracks and chip commensurate with use on a battleship). H.M.S. Hood was a battlecruiser in service with the British Navy during WWI and WWII. It was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait by the German battleship Bismarck.
