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205 - A FINE FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SHIP MODEL FOR 74-GUN FRIGATE
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£10,000 - 15,000 (€11,000 - 18,000)Sale fees
A FINE FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SHIP MODEL FOR 74-GUN FRIGATE the 15in. planked and pinned hull with retractable brass guns run out of ports, carved warrior-form figurehead with polychrome cloak, fine decorative stern with gilt foil window tracing, chain plates with triple drilled and rigged deadeyes, headrails with boomkins, catheads with oxidised anchors with bound bone stocks, planked and pinned decks crowded with fittings including belaying rails, capstan, gratings, well deck with rails, carved fitted ship's boats, water casks, companionways, saloon lights, chicken coops etc., bound bone masts with yards, s'tun'sl booms, fighting tops with polychrome decoration, standing and running rigging with bone blocks and tackle, mounted to wooden marquetry base with wood capped bone balustrade and anchor lines secured at bow, secured within metal-bound glazed case with Parker Gallery plate for H.M.S. Mars and two drawers underneath, the model -- 19 x 25in. (48 x 63.5cm.); cased -- 26½ x 28¼ x 12in. (67.5 x 71 x 30.5cm.) Provenance: With the Parker Gallery, London.
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Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & ArtAuction house
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