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A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR WOODEN MODEL OF A ROYAL NAVAL 50-GUN FRIGATE
with details including bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging with wooden blocks, dolphin striker, boomkins, carved figurehead in the form of a crowned lion, metal anchors with wooden stocks, head rails, belaying rails, deck rings, capstan, well deck with ship's boat over, hammock rack, guns in red-painted carriages, deck lights, stern davits and boat. The hull with chain plates and deadeyes, carved stern and quarter galleries and rudder, is copper sheathed below the waterline, finished in black, white and varnish and mounted on two wooden columns to a display board with legend, secured within a woodbound glazed case (restored overall). Model -- 10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.), Measurements overall -- 13 x 17in. (33 x 40cm.)
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with details including bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging with wooden blocks, dolphin striker, boomkins, carved figurehead in the form of a crowned lion, metal anchors with wooden stocks, head rails, belaying rails, deck rings, capstan, well deck with ship's boat over, hammock rack, guns in red-painted carriages, deck lights, stern davits and boat. The hull with chain plates and deadeyes, carved stern and quarter galleries and rudder, is copper sheathed below the waterline, finished in black, white and varnish and mounted on two wooden columns to a display board with legend, secured within a woodbound glazed case (restored overall). Model -- 10 x 12in. (25.5 x 30.5cm.), Measurements overall -- 13 x 17in. (33 x 40cm.)
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Provenance
Ex-Parker Gallery
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