The Double Captain Manley, with additional Pegleg

[joyful_molly]

Once again the “Antique’s Roadshow” was full of surprises for the navally inclined among us. It all started with a couple who brought along the portraits of an officer and his ship.

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Wow. I love the globe. And he must have cut quite a dash in those shoe buckles. If he was the one who went to Marblehead he may have made a lot of money. Some of the merchant captains there did.

Handsome too!

[veronica_rich]

If you want some more reading sometime - and you haven't already combed the topic to death, and this is on a tangent to this post - this reminds me, check out the record of the real Captain William Turner. He was most famously captain of the Lusitania, but he was also involved with like 2-3 other shipwrecks in his career - and survived all of them. He's an interesting nautical figure; I'm not saying if he's admirable or not, just active. *G*

[grace_poppy]

I love the globe! And it does have the USA, it's just from before we had declared independence yet. It shows Virginia, Maryland and Carolina. But I like how it calls the northwest "unknown parts."

I can see people having fabulous old stuff in their house but not bothering to get it appraised. Sometimes if you grow up with something, it just becomes familiar and accepted, along with its story and legend. And if it's not something of really obvious value (like jewels or silver), you might not think about it much. (I assume the buckles were paste, not diamonds at that price. I love pastes, but probably a lot of people just assume that fake diamonds aren't valuable.)

[classics_lover]

I *want* one of those globes ^^