Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - Two Day Sale - 2nd July 2013
Lot 598
An early 19th century French Prisoner of War bone and baleen model of a ninety gun ship of the line
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000
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Description
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.