Lot
186
A small scale early 19th Century French prisoner of war bone model of a 108-gun First Rate
with bound masts, spars and rigging (extensively damaged but believed complete), carved painted warrior figurehead, catheads, chain plates, deck rails, deck light, guns, simple but delicate stern and quarter gallery carvings and open gun ports with red port lids, mounted on a bone stand -- 4 x 3 7/8in. (10 x 9.8cm.); Leicestershire straw-work case with rear and angled side mirrors and glazed drop front and with decorated doors.
See illustration
Estimate
GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500
A small scale early 19th Century French prisoner of war bone model of a 108-gun First Rate
with bound masts, spars and rigging (extensively damaged but believed complete), carved painted warrior figurehead, catheads, chain plates, deck rails, deck light, guns, simple but delicate stern and quarter gallery carvings and open gun ports with red port lids, mounted on a bone stand -- 4 x 3 7/8in. (10 x 9.8cm.); Leicestershire straw-work case with rear and angled side mirrors and glazed drop front and with decorated doors.
See illustration