20th Apr, 2011 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess)
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[M] A WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE DIORAMA OF...
A WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE DIORAMA OF H.M.S. KENT ON THE CHINA STATION AROUND 1931
modelled by E. Dyke with laminated and carved wood hull at anchor with bilges being pumped, detailed superstructure and fittings including spotter bi-plane, finished in two-tone grey and depicted in company with an Imperial Airways flying boat and junk also at anchor in a calm green sea with wooden Plexiglas cover -- 9 x 24½ x 9in. (23 x 62 x 23cm.)
H.M.S. Kent was the nameship of a class of seven cruisers all completed by 1928 and including two, Australia and Canberra built for the Royal Australian Navy. Appropriately Kent was built at Chatham Dockyard and, after a busy War which saw her on active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Normandy, she was broken up in 1948.
modelled by E. Dyke with laminated and carved wood hull at anchor with bilges being pumped, detailed superstructure and fittings including spotter bi-plane, finished in two-tone grey and depicted in company with an Imperial Airways flying boat and junk also at anchor in a calm green sea with wooden Plexiglas cover -- 9 x 24½ x 9in. (23 x 62 x 23cm.)
H.M.S. Kent was the nameship of a class of seven cruisers all completed by 1928 and including two, Australia and Canberra built for the Royal Australian Navy. Appropriately Kent was built at Chatham Dockyard and, after a busy War which saw her on active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Normandy, she was broken up in 1948.
Sold for £1,488
Estimated at £700 - £900
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A WELL-PRESENTED 32':1" SCALE DIORAMA OF H.M.S. KENT ON THE CHINA STATION AROUND 1931
modelled by E. Dyke with laminated and carved wood hull at anchor with bilges being pumped, detailed superstructure and fittings including spotter bi-plane, finished in two-tone grey and depicted in company with an Imperial Airways flying boat and junk also at anchor in a calm green sea with wooden Plexiglas cover -- 9 x 24½ x 9in. (23 x 62 x 23cm.)
H.M.S. Kent was the nameship of a class of seven cruisers all completed by 1928 and including two, Australia and Canberra built for the Royal Australian Navy. Appropriately Kent was built at Chatham Dockyard and, after a busy War which saw her on active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Normandy, she was broken up in 1948.
modelled by E. Dyke with laminated and carved wood hull at anchor with bilges being pumped, detailed superstructure and fittings including spotter bi-plane, finished in two-tone grey and depicted in company with an Imperial Airways flying boat and junk also at anchor in a calm green sea with wooden Plexiglas cover -- 9 x 24½ x 9in. (23 x 62 x 23cm.)
H.M.S. Kent was the nameship of a class of seven cruisers all completed by 1928 and including two, Australia and Canberra built for the Royal Australian Navy. Appropriately Kent was built at Chatham Dockyard and, after a busy War which saw her on active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Normandy, she was broken up in 1948.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess), 20th Apr, 2011
