MID-20TH CENTURY

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A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY
MID-20TH CENTURY
Fully rigged and planked, mounted with flags and sails, copper finish to the hull, on a mahogany display stand with brass plaque engraved 'H.M.S. VICTORY 1759'
61 1/8 in. (155.2 cm.) high; 82 ½ in. (210 cm.) long, overall

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All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.

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Please note, there are no sails for this lot.

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Lot Essay

HMS Victory, a 104 gun first rate ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1765 was the most famous of Lord Nelson’s flagships at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She is also the oldest naval ship still in commission, now a museum ship and flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012.

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