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Lot Essay
The Manx Fairy was a passenger and cargo ferry which operated between the Isle of Man and Liverpool between 1853/4 and 1861/2.
Details
A bronze cannon, dated 1839
The tapering five-stage barrel with six raised mouldings, the first dated and inscribed 1839 Presented to the Manx Fairy by a Wellwisher, on cast-iron carriage with cheeks formed as recumbent lions
29in. (74cm.) wide; 21in. (54cm.) high
The tapering five-stage barrel with six raised mouldings, the first dated and inscribed 1839 Presented to the Manx Fairy by a Wellwisher, on cast-iron carriage with cheeks formed as recumbent lions
29in. (74cm.) wide; 21in. (54cm.) high
Special notice
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