Furniture and Works of Art - 13 May 2008
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An early 19th century French prisoner of war model of a first rate ship of the line
An early 19th century French prisoner of war model of a first rate ship of the line, in bone and whale bone, the planked and pinned hull with three masts and ninety gun ports, 9.5in (24cm) h, 13in (33cm) l, on a stained wood and turned bone cradle, under a later glass dome.