The Waterloo Elm was located just south west of the intersection of the sunken land and the Genappe–Brussels main road. It was the Duke of Wellington's command post for much of the Battle of Waterloo . The tree was killed by souvenir hunters after the battle. It was felled in 1818 and made into furniture, including a chair, made by Thomas Chippendale, the younger, that was presented to George IV and remains in the British Royal Collection.
One of the souvenir hunters was Sir Walter Scott. In 1824 for a commission by Scott, Joseph Angell, a London silversmith, incorporated the wood into a silver quaich. It is engraved with Scott's motto, "Watch Well". Scott's "Waterloo Tree Quaich" was stolen along with other items from Abbotsford House in 1994. It was discovered in a French free-market and returned to its rightful owners in 2010.
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