29th Apr, 2009 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)

 
  Lot 135
 

135

[M] AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S CARVED...

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S CARVED RELIEF WOODEN PICTURE OF A BRITISH THREE-MASTED MAN O'WAR
the hull with main and secondary wales, guns, quarter galleries, stepped masts with fighting tops and sails with reefing points and rigging -- 16 x 29in. (40.5 x 73.5cm.) Framed
The remnants of chain plates and receiving holes in the fighting tops suggest that this model was once rigged, the sails have also traces of white paint which would have given the picture a near 3-D quality.

Sold for £992
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
AN UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S CARVED RELIEF WOODEN PICTURE OF A BRITISH THREE-MASTED MAN O'WAR
the hull with main and secondary wales, guns, quarter galleries, stepped masts with fighting tops and sails with reefing points and rigging -- 16 x 29in. (40.5 x 73.5cm.) Framed
The remnants of chain plates and receiving holes in the fighting tops suggest that this model was once rigged, the sails have also traces of white paint which would have given the picture a near 3-D quality.
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