Treen with the Trafalgar touch

Tucked inside an18th century treen model of a ship’s hull is a historic note reading This was taken out of a writing bureau belonging to Lord Collingwood. I saw the bureau and know its history.

It is a reference to Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood who assumed the role of command-in-chief af…

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