£420
A BRONZE SCULPTURE PRESENTED TO THE EAGLE OIL AND SHIPPING CO. LTD.
unsigned, in the form of an eagle and snake fighting over a bird carcass, loosely mounted on ebonised plinth with presentation plate inscribed Presented to / The Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd / By / The Rt. Hon. Lord Kindersley, G.B.E. / January 1951 -- measurements including stand 20 x 17 x 17in. (51 x 43 x 43cm.)
The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Shell Tankers in 1953.
The Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. (founded 1912 as the Eagle Oil Transport Company) was bought by Royal Dutch Shell in 1919 but remained a separate company within the framework until fully absorbed by Shell in 1959.
little rubbing to the head, dust in crevases, slither missing from trim of base
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