HMS New Zealand: WWI Warship Arrival in Auckland
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A large format World War I warship photo 'HMS New Zealand', arriving in Auckland 1913, in period oak frame with presentation plaque. An Indefatigable-class battlecruiser built for the defence of the British Empire, launched in 1911, funded by the New Zealand government as a gift to Britain, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. Intended for the China Station, she was released at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters and saw action in World War I as part of the Grand Fleet. 45 cm x 70 cm
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- Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
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