After a 20 year absence a model of the 18th Century galleon HMS Pandora is back in pride of place in its namesake pub.
St Austell Brewery has been able to buy back the model which was displayed at the Pandora Inn at Restronguet for 40 years.
It was sold in the 1980s and changed hands several times before being moved to the collection at the National Maritime Museum in London.
But the 6 foot long and five-and-a-half foot wide ship is back in the entrance of the 13th Century pub.
John Milan and Steve Bellman has run the pub since 1999 and are delighted to have the galleon back.
Mr Milan said: "It is a piece of The Pandora's history and a very impressive artifact in itself.
"The model was part of daily life at the inn for decades and we're delighted it is back for locals and visitors to enjoy."
Adam Luck, estate director at St Austell Brewery, said: "I had been aware of the model for a long time and always felt it would be fantastic to have it back in its rightful place.
"We are very lucky the previous owners decided it would be fitting for it to return too."
And the museum was happy to move it from their collection and the curator restored its rigging.
The vessel is best known as the ship sent to search for the Bounty and its mutinous crew in 1790. She was wrecked during the return voyage a year later.
It is thought the model first came to Mylor in the 1940s when the owner of the Pandora Major Huddlestone bought it from an antiques shop in Clifton, Bristol.
The couple who ended up owning the galleon first saw and fell in love with it when they visited the pub 20 years ago and later spotted it at a maritime exhibition in Shropshire.
They bought it and it stayed at their St Mawes home for eight years before going to the museum in 2010.
