A finely carved fully rigged display model of the Victory,
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A finely carved fully rigged display model of the Victory,

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A finely carved fully rigged display model of the Victory,
with bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging with scale blocks, carved warrior figurehead, hair rails, catheads with sheaves and lion's head decoration, anchors with bound wooden stocks, deck rails with decoratively carved birds' heads and swags, acanthus leaves and other motifs, belaying rails and pins, capstan, bell and canopy, balustrading, deck light, bilge pump, helm, chart locker, companionways, chicken coops and upper deck guns in slides and carriages. The hull, copper sheathed to the waterline, with extensive stern and quarter gallery carving, is finished in black and lacquer and mounted on a parquetry inlaid display base with wooden railings and four bun feet. Measurements overall -- 23 x 34in. (58.5 x 86.5cm.)
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Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot, if not cleared by 5.00pm on Thursday 9 November 2000, will be removed and may be cleared after 9.00am on Friday 10 November 2000 from the warehouse of Cadogan Tate Fine Art Removals Limited. (See below.) Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road, London W12 7SJ. Telephone: 44 (0) 20 8735 3700. Facsimile: 44 (0) 20 8735 3701. Rates (Ephemera, Ship's Fittings, Models) A transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.
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This lots illustration is wrongly numbered '204'

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