A WELL RESTORED EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONE...

Hammer

£1,300

A WELL RESTORED EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR WOOD MODEL FOR A 74-GUN SHIP

the 9in. hull coppered below the waterline, ebonised wales with protruding guns with port lids over, warrior figurehead, scored deck with simple fittings including capstan, belaying rails, well deck with ship's boat, hammock racks, water casks, companionway etc., bound masts with yards, st'un'sl booms, standing and running rigging with blocks, main mast streamer, union jack and white ensign, mounted on cradle stand to inlaid base. Overall measurements -- 13 x 15in. (33 x 38cm.) Travel display case

fine overall condition. Model has been sympathetically restored overall including rigging and inlaid display base - it's loosely mounted on cradle stand but has location pins.