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An early 19th century French prisoner of war bone and horn model of a first rate ship of the line...

Currency:GBP Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP
An early 19th century French prisoner of war bone and horn model of a first rate ship of the line...
An early 19th century French prisoner of war bone and horn model of a first rate ship of the line of 126 guns, with bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, fighting tops, and standing and running rigging with scale blocks, the deck deatils including companionways, bell, capstans, gratings, gilt-metal guns and gun carriages, and other thingies, stern davits, two longboats slung from the yards, and two catheads supporting four anchors, with extensive carved detail including classical figurehead (possibly Mars) and stern galleries, the hull planked and pinned with horn strakes, the keel with two turned gilt-metal supports, mounted on a mirrored recatngular mahogany stand, with glazed case, overall length of ship 71cm (some restored and replacement sections) (see illustration) £15,000-20,000