A Victorian souvenir of the Floating Chapel in Oxford.

Oxford Floating Chapel. \nAn ivory Aide Memoire, circa 1840, engraved with a view of the floating Chapel built by the Oxford boat builder, Henry Ward, which he moored in Castle Mill Stream and which opened in 1839 as a chapel for the boatmen and a school for their children. The aide memoire is engraved on the reverse: 'Floating Episcopal Chapel Oxford Built and Endowed by H. Ward Esq.' \nThe ivory mounted with a nickel-silver clasp and hinge. Condition: \n

Good but lacking a pencil.

Length - 6 cm.; Width - 4 cm.; Depth - 0.70 cm.; Weight - 24.90 gms.