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A kauri Ditty box from the Shaw, Savill & Co. New Zealand…
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Auckland
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17-May-2021
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A kauri Ditty box from the Shaw, Savill & Co. New Zealand Emigrant ship S.V. Lady Jocelyn 1878. Attractively carved in the round with local flora and fauna and geometric shapes, inscribed to one side lady Jocelyn 1878 with sliding lid. Built by C.J. Mare of Blackwall in 1852 for the general screw S.S. Co.'s East Indies trade, the lady Jocelyn was an auxiliary barque registered at 2138 tonnes. Bought by Shaw, Savill & Co. In 1866, they removed her engines to make space for service as an emigrant ship and gave her a lavish refit. She became a famous and popular vessel on the New Zealand run and made several voyages to Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton, and two voyages to port Chalmers. Until 1878 she was the biggest emigrant ship trading to New Zealand and was also the first emigrant ship to arrive in Tauranga. In 1882 she was sold and converted to a refrigerated ship until hulked in 1899 in London. She was broken in Holland in 1922. Height 14.4 cm, width 32 cm, depth 16.5 cm
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