Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2017

Lot 30

A late George III horn sailor's scrimshaw beaker

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320

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Description

A late George III horn sailor's scrimshaw beaker, with a silver rim, the body engraved with rope border panels of a lighthouse and a ship flanking an anchor and an oval panel of a boat, with initials 'H. N. A. FECIT' in a shield and dated '1807', 12cm high.