A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COMMEMORATIVE SHELL
A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COMMEMORATIVE SHELL

PROBABLY ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COMMEMORATIVE SHELL
Probably English, early 19th century
The shell engraved with commemorative verses honoring Lord Nelson, mounted on a baluster-form support with a bird claw foot, with a leather case with a velvet interior, key, and museum exhibition catalogue, Pomp: An Exhibition held in the Royal Scottish Museum, apparently unmarked
11½in. (29.3cm.) high (2)
Provenance
S.J. Phillips, London
Exhibited
Royal Scottish Museum, 1969, figure 130

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