Sale 8376
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 196
Estimate
H.M.S. Vindictive a pair of polished bronze candlesticks each engraved around its base Cast from the propellers salved from H.M.S. "Vindictive" sunk ant Zeebrugge 23rd April 1918, each -- 7in. (19.5cm.) high (2)
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H.M.S. Vindictive was a Cruiser of 1897 and was serving as a blockship when she was sunk.
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife