British Ship's Figurehead Lady Bandaneira

British Carved and Polychromed Ship's Figurehead of the Lady Bandaneira , c. 1885, l. 55 in . Provenance: Bandaneira, 1885-1901; Public Tavern, Altenwalde, Germany, 1901-1910; Private Collection, Germany; Jürgen Römmeler, antiquarian, Rheine, Germany; present owner, 2002. Note: The Bandaneira was a four-masted iron bark constructed in 1885 by Russell & Co. and commissioned by P. Denniston & Co out of Glasgow. The ship wrecked off the shore of Heligoland on its route from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany in 1901.
Ref.: Merchant Shipping (Loss of Life). London: Darling & Son, Ltd, 1903, p. 130.