Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - Two Day Sale - 02 Jul 2013
An early 19th century French Prisoner of War bone and baleen model of a ninety gun ship of the line
An early 19th century French Prisoner of War bone and baleen model of a ninety gun ship of the line, fully rigged with pinned and planked hull and brass cannon, standing on a stepped straw-work marquetry base within a glazed and brass framed octagonal case, 6½in (16cm) high, 9¼in (23.3cm) wide, 4½in (11.6cm) deep.
Provenance: Hampton & Littlewood, 21st June 2006, lot 259.