EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC BEEF BONE PRISONER-OF-W...
Hammer
£8,000
EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC BEEF BONE PRISONER-OF-WAR SHIP MODEL
10in. planked and pinned hull with carved figurehead stern and quarterlights, backed with gilt foil, cast brass guns, chainplates with deadeyes, planked deck with simple fittings including belaying rail, belfry carved and fitted bone boats, bound masts, yards with st'uns'l, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on bone base with geometric cavities and zig-zag bone railings contained in glazed wood bound case -- 17½ x 22½ x 8½in. (44.5 x 57 x 21.5cm.)
rigging replaced, one stern loose, model has been cleaned and refurbished
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Hammer
£8,000
EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC BEEF BONE PRISONER-OF-WAR SHIP MODEL
10in. planked and pinned hull with carved figurehead stern and quarterlights, backed with gilt foil, cast brass guns, chainplates with deadeyes, planked deck with simple fittings including belaying rail, belfry carved and fitted bone boats, bound masts, yards with st'uns'l, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, mounted on bone base with geometric cavities and zig-zag bone railings contained in glazed wood bound case -- 17½ x 22½ x 8½in. (44.5 x 57 x 21.5cm.)
rigging replaced, one stern loose, model has been cleaned and refurbished
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