Arts and Crafts - 24th August 2021
Lot 424
A Cox & Sons gilt metal nef designed by Bruce Talbert
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
A Cox & Sons gilt metal nef designed by Bruce Talbert, in the form of a boat with dragonhead mounted on four wheels, the ribbed plank sides with cast lunette frieze, unsigned, 20cm. wide, 19cm. high
Literature
The Best of British The Selling Exhibition, Paul Reeves/Sotheby's, page 66 PR40 for a comparable example with later engraving to the sail.
Cox & Sons included similar designs, drawn by Bruce Talbert, in their catalogues of 1873 and 1876.