A Cox & Sons gilt metal nef designed by Bruce Talbert

A Cox & Sons gilt metal nef designed by Bruce Talbert, in the form of a boat with dragonhead mounted on four wheels, the ribbed plank sides with cast lunette frieze, unsigned, 20cm. wide, 19cm. high

Literature

The Best of British The Selling Exhibition, Paul Reeves/Sotheby's, page 66 PR40 for a comparable example with later engraving to the sail.

Cox & Sons included similar designs, drawn by Bruce Talbert, in their catalogues of 1873 and 1876.