A LARGE-SIZED MID-19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW WORKED NAUTILUS SHE...
Hammer
£11,000
A LARGE-SIZED MID-19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW WORKED NAUTILUS SHELL BY C.H. WOOD
incised overall with designs and captions, including Brunel's steamships Great Britain and Great Eastern, the Royal Arms, a short nautical rhyme and the Prince of Wales's feathers, and also 'engraved with a common penknife by C Wood', 6in. (15.5cm) high, undated but circa 1860, a good example, with well-blacked decoration
C.H. Wood specialised in producing worked nautilus shells, usually claiming, as with this example, that each was executed with only a simple penknife.
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£11,000
A LARGE-SIZED MID-19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW WORKED NAUTILUS SHELL BY C.H. WOOD
incised overall with designs and captions, including Brunel's steamships Great Britain and Great Eastern, the Royal Arms, a short nautical rhyme and the Prince of Wales's feathers, and also 'engraved with a common penknife by C Wood', 6in. (15.5cm) high, undated but circa 1860, a good example, with well-blacked decoration
C.H. Wood specialised in producing worked nautilus shells, usually claiming, as with this example, that each was executed with only a simple penknife.
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