A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL NEF, WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR LONDON, 1975, SPONSORS MARK OF INTERNATIONAL BULLION BROKERS

A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL NEF
WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR LONDON, 1975, SPONSORS MARK OF INTERNATIONAL BULLION BROKERS
Realistically modelled and possibly inspired by the Swedish warship Vasa, as a three masted ship complete with sails and rigging, the sides of the hull heightened with yellow and blue enamel and further set with flags enamelled in the Swedish colours, on an openwork foliage and scroll base, marked on rudder with English import marks, with perspex and ebonised display case
21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide
26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) high
gross weight 144 oz. 12 dwt. (4,497 gr.)

Provenance
with Garrard, London, June 1976.