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A black and white photograph of the Niger Company Ltd.’s ship ‘Walter Watts’
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A black and white photograph of the Niger Company Ltd.’s ship ‘Walter Watts’, showing a shallow-bottomed ship , probably a paddle-steamer, in dry dock, with the name ‘Walter Watts’, written on the bow, in a silver frame inscribed ‘The Niger Company Ltd’ and ‘S.W. “Walter Watts” Launched 26th July .1922.’ Assay marks for Birmingham 1921-1922. English.
Walter Watts was the agent-general for the Niger Company and his diaries and correspondence for 1907-1908 are stored in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. At the time this ship was the largest paddle-steamer on the Niger River. The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company formed in 1879 to trade with western and central Africa. It was strategically important during the 1890s as it enabled the British to establish a bases from which to thwart the German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismark. From 1929 the company was gradually integrated into Unilever.
- Dimensions:Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1921-1922
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Lymington, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU973041843492
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