£6,000
A BUILDER'S SHIP MODEL FOR THE M.S. TASCO BUILT BY BURMEISTER & WAINS FOR WILH. WILHELMSEN, TØMSBERG, 1949
the 50in. laminated and carved hull with gold-plated propeller, ebonised deck with lined accommodation decks, painted metal and wood fittings and superstructure as appropriate, mounted on ebonised base board with builder's plates within glazed wooden case -- 20 x 58½ x 11in. (51 x 148.5 x 28cm.)
Sotheby's London: Marine Pictures and Nautical Works of Art, 30 May 1996, lot 209.
Re-named Pelops (1968); Elizabeth (1970) and Seville (1976), broken up 1977
paint degraded to many fittings, baseboard with paint lifting by the stern, case jointwork fragile
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