20th Apr, 2011 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess)
103
[M] A VERY RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC...
A VERY RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE AND WOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF A HOUSE, MADE AT THE NORMAN CROSS PRISON CAMP
with finely carved pediment, balustrade, rails etc, glazed windows and painted panelled back, mounted on a wooden board with chequerboard paper lining and contained within an early 19th-Century mahogany glazed display case. The model 8 x 8 x 6¼in. (20 x 20 x 16cm.); the case 12 x 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance: Kingston Rectory (about 15 miles from Norman Cross).
Other architectural models from Norman Cross can be seen in Peterborough Town Museum; It's not known if the model depicts the Old Rectory, although prisoners did accept commissions and it is not improbable.
with finely carved pediment, balustrade, rails etc, glazed windows and painted panelled back, mounted on a wooden board with chequerboard paper lining and contained within an early 19th-Century mahogany glazed display case. The model 8 x 8 x 6¼in. (20 x 20 x 16cm.); the case 12 x 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance: Kingston Rectory (about 15 miles from Norman Cross).
Other architectural models from Norman Cross can be seen in Peterborough Town Museum; It's not known if the model depicts the Old Rectory, although prisoners did accept commissions and it is not improbable.
Sold for £6,200
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A VERY RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE AND WOOD ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF A HOUSE, MADE AT THE NORMAN CROSS PRISON CAMP
with finely carved pediment, balustrade, rails etc, glazed windows and painted panelled back, mounted on a wooden board with chequerboard paper lining and contained within an early 19th-Century mahogany glazed display case. The model 8 x 8 x 6¼in. (20 x 20 x 16cm.); the case 12 x 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance: Kingston Rectory (about 15 miles from Norman Cross).
Other architectural models from Norman Cross can be seen in Peterborough Town Museum; It's not known if the model depicts the Old Rectory, although prisoners did accept commissions and it is not improbable.
with finely carved pediment, balustrade, rails etc, glazed windows and painted panelled back, mounted on a wooden board with chequerboard paper lining and contained within an early 19th-Century mahogany glazed display case. The model 8 x 8 x 6¼in. (20 x 20 x 16cm.); the case 12 x 12 x 10in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance: Kingston Rectory (about 15 miles from Norman Cross).
Other architectural models from Norman Cross can be seen in Peterborough Town Museum; It's not known if the model depicts the Old Rectory, although prisoners did accept commissions and it is not improbable.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Princess), 20th Apr, 2011
