£8,000 - £12,000
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE SHIP MODEL FOR A FIRST-RATE SHIP OF THE LINE
the 14in. planked and pinned hull with protruding cannons, red-painted port lids, polychrome warrior figurehead and decorated stern, polychrome bone fittings including capstan, belaying rails, water casts, gratings, companionway, chicken coops etc., bound masts with standing and running rigging, yards with s'tun'sl booms, and other details, mounted on ebonised bone base with side supports, within a glazed wooden case -- 24½ x 29 x 13in. (62 x 74 x 33cm.)
Rigging replaced. Polychrome refreshed or added throughout. Original base has been ebonised later.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Free Registration
32.4% inc VAT*
Flat Fee Registration
28.80% inc VAT*
