Lot 50
Arctic Sledge Flag.- Fulford (Reginald Baldwin) Sledge flag... HMS Discovery, 1875.
Hammer Price: £17,500
Description
Arctic Sledge Flag.- British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76.- Fulford (Reginald Baldwin, naval officer and Arctic Explorer, 1851-86) Sledge flag used by Lieutenant Reginald B. Fulford R.N. H.M.S. Discovery Nares Arctic Expedition...[plaque], large swallowtail flag of blue silk with embroidered figure of a bear's head above an embroidered legend "Bear Up" in brown, grey, white wool and silver metal thread, flag folds, creased, slightly stained and faded, 3 holes at head, a few small tears under legend, tears with small loss to swallowtail at end, framed and glazed, flag 100 x 58cm., 1875-76.
⁂ Sledging in the Arctic. "On the 15th [July 1876] Lieutenant Fulford crossed Hall's Basin from Polaris to Discovery Bay and found the ice stationary until he arrived within two miles of the west shore; there he came to broken-up ice in motion, across which he had a difficulty in reaching the shore with his sledge crew." - p. 68, vol. II, Nares, Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea, 1878.
Description
Arctic Sledge Flag.- British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76.- Fulford (Reginald Baldwin, naval officer and Arctic Explorer, 1851-86) Sledge flag used by Lieutenant Reginald B. Fulford R.N. H.M.S. Discovery Nares Arctic Expedition...[plaque], large swallowtail flag of blue silk with embroidered figure of a bear's head above an embroidered legend "Bear Up" in brown, grey, white wool and silver metal thread, flag folds, creased, slightly stained and faded, 3 holes at head, a few small tears under legend, tears with small loss to swallowtail at end, framed and glazed, flag 100 x 58cm., 1875-76.
⁂ Sledging in the Arctic. "On the 15th [July 1876] Lieutenant Fulford crossed Hall's Basin from Polaris to Discovery Bay and found the ice stationary until he arrived within two miles of the west shore; there he came to broken-up ice in motion, across which he had a difficulty in reaching the shore with his sledge crew." - p. 68, vol. II, Nares, Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea, 1878.
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