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Lot Essay
H.M.S. Trafalgar was a cruiser of 1887, sold from service in 1911
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A SAILOR'S SOUVENIR SILKWORK
entitled IN MEMORY OF MY CRUISE IN CHINA AND JAPAN with a crown, wreath of thistles, clover and roses, swag of international flag surrounding a photograph of a sailor from H.M.S. Trafalgar with embroiderer's label from Nagasaki pasted below -- 17 x 15½in. (43 x 39.5cm.); together with another for a world cruise in 1936 for an Edward Forster with photo and woven ship's portrait of the M.V. Vancouver City -- 19 x 14½ (48.5 x 37cm.) Both framed and glazed See illustration (part) (2)
entitled IN MEMORY OF MY CRUISE IN CHINA AND JAPAN with a crown, wreath of thistles, clover and roses, swag of international flag surrounding a photograph of a sailor from H.M.S. Trafalgar with embroiderer's label from Nagasaki pasted below -- 17 x 15½in. (43 x 39.5cm.); together with another for a world cruise in 1936 for an Edward Forster with photo and woven ship's portrait of the M.V. Vancouver City -- 19 x 14½ (48.5 x 37cm.) Both framed and glazed See illustration (part) (2)
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