£180
A rare cast pewter model of the figurehead from HMS Hastings depicting Warren Hastings. Mounted on an ebonised wood plinth. Produced to commemorate the centenary of the shipbuilders C. W. Kellock & Co, in 1920. Plates to the plinth inscribed ‘Model of the Figurehead of HMS Hastings, last of the Wooden Walls of old England. The original being in the Liverpool Shipping Saleroom of C.W. Kellock & Co', '1920 Kellocks Centenary 1920', 'With the Compliments of C.W. Kellock & Co, London and Liverpool' An identical example is archived at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London with the original statue preserved at Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool. 17.8 cm height.
Condition report: Some age related surface wear as illustrated.
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