Fine Arts and Crafts - 18th June 2025
Lot 452
A Cox & Sons gilt brass nef designed by Bruce Talbert, modelled as a longboat with single sail
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A Cox & Sons gilt brass nef designed by Bruce Talbert, modelled as a longboat with single sail and birds head figurehead, on four wheels, unmarked, 20cm wide, 20.5cm. high
Literature
Cox & Sons catalogues (1873 and 1876) this design illustrated.
The Best of British The Selling Exhibition, Paul Reeves/Sotheby's 14-20th March 2008 page 66, catalogue number PR40 for a comparable nef.