The Eastern Steam Navigation Company, £20 share
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Object number2016.06033
TitleThe Eastern Steam Navigation Company, £20 share
CreatorEastern Steam Navigation Company Directors (author)
DescriptionEastern Steam Navigation Company £20 Share Certificate, No. 5255. Issued 2nd October 1851. Owned by John C. Sim[?], Old Broad Street. Embossed company stamp in bottom left showing profile of paddle steamship and 'The Eastern Steam Navigation Company 1851. Incorporated by Royal Charter'. Verso marked 'FXTVIA' top left in pencil.
Production date 1851-10-02 - 1851-10-02
Object nameshare certificate
Object categoryfinancial document
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written, printed
Dimensions
- height: 158 mm
width: 213 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”