Sale 7381
London
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24 - 25 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 60,000
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT NEF WITH ENGLISH IMPORT MARKS FOR LONDON, 1899 Formed as a three-masted ship, on four openwork wheels, with flags and banners flying, ten open and one furled sail, the spinnakers engraved with coats-of-arms, the hull chased with sea gods and godesses, the decks and rigging applied with numerous sailors and cannon, with mermaid figure-head, the stern applied with face of Neptune, marked on sails, decks and hull 30 in. (76 cm.) high
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