The Eastern Steam Navigation Company £20 Share Certificate
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Object number2014.03359
TitleThe Eastern Steam Navigation Company £20 Share Certificate
CreatorThe Eastern Steam Navigation Company (producer)
DescriptionA share certificate for 'The Eastern Steam Navigation Company, incorporated by Royal Charter in 1851. £20 share.' The share certificate belongs to Benjamin Whitehead of 10 Red Lion Passage. The share number given is 19206 which was issued on the 2nd of October 1851 by order of the board of directors. An embossed seal depicting the Great Eastern is in the bottom left hand corner of the certificate.
Production date approx 1851-10-02 - 1851-10-02
Object nameshare certificate
Object categorycertificate
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted
Dimensions
- height: 155 mm
width: 208 mm
Credit line“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”