20th Apr, 2011 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess)
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[M] A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH...
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE AND BALEEN SHIP MODEL OF A 74-GUN SHIP
with planked and pinned hull, brass guns protruding from ports with raised lids, finely carved stern and quarter galleries, polychrome warrior figurehead, planked deck with carved deck rings, stove pipe and carved fittings, whale deck with two fitted boats over, bell, bound masts with yards, s'tuns'l booms, decorated fighting top-screens, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on a herringbone-pattern strawwork base with bone trim, secured within a stained pine glazed case with urn finials (later) -- measurements including case 23 x 23 x 8½in. (58.5 x 58.5 x 21.5cm.)
with planked and pinned hull, brass guns protruding from ports with raised lids, finely carved stern and quarter galleries, polychrome warrior figurehead, planked deck with carved deck rings, stove pipe and carved fittings, whale deck with two fitted boats over, bell, bound masts with yards, s'tuns'l booms, decorated fighting top-screens, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on a herringbone-pattern strawwork base with bone trim, secured within a stained pine glazed case with urn finials (later) -- measurements including case 23 x 23 x 8½in. (58.5 x 58.5 x 21.5cm.)
Sold for £14,880
Estimated at £12,000 - £18,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE AND BALEEN SHIP MODEL OF A 74-GUN SHIP
with planked and pinned hull, brass guns protruding from ports with raised lids, finely carved stern and quarter galleries, polychrome warrior figurehead, planked deck with carved deck rings, stove pipe and carved fittings, whale deck with two fitted boats over, bell, bound masts with yards, s'tuns'l booms, decorated fighting top-screens, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on a herringbone-pattern strawwork base with bone trim, secured within a stained pine glazed case with urn finials (later) -- measurements including case 23 x 23 x 8½in. (58.5 x 58.5 x 21.5cm.)
with planked and pinned hull, brass guns protruding from ports with raised lids, finely carved stern and quarter galleries, polychrome warrior figurehead, planked deck with carved deck rings, stove pipe and carved fittings, whale deck with two fitted boats over, bell, bound masts with yards, s'tuns'l booms, decorated fighting top-screens, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on a herringbone-pattern strawwork base with bone trim, secured within a stained pine glazed case with urn finials (later) -- measurements including case 23 x 23 x 8½in. (58.5 x 58.5 x 21.5cm.)
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess), 20th Apr, 2011
