Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 29th October 2019
Lot 361
A Scottish parcel-gilt silver model of a three-masted galleon
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £22000
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Description
A Scottish parcel-gilt silver model of a three-masted galleon,
by Brook and Son, Edinburgh 1912,
the hull with forty-two cannon, a gilded figure head and gilded stern, on a wooden base, length 66cm, height on plinth 69cm, approx. weight 192oz.
Provenance: John Entwistle (1944-2002) and then via descent to the current owner.
Purchased from Harrods, Knightsbridge in the 1970's.
John Entwistle was the original bass guitarist for the rock band The Who. He died on the 27 June 2002, one day before the first scheduled show of the Who's 2002 United States Tour.