27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
138
[M] A PAIR OF LARGE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S...
A PAIR OF LARGE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TEETH
each incised and pricked out over both sides, the first depicting three full-length fashionable ladies, the second with a group posing in national costume with a winged herald over, the reverse with half-length classical female entitled NEHINA -- each 6in. (15.2cm.) high, 640g. each approx.
Provenance: Succession de feus Monseigneur le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris, Christie's 14 Octobre 2008, Paris; allegedly gifted to them by Queen Victoria.
each incised and pricked out over both sides, the first depicting three full-length fashionable ladies, the second with a group posing in national costume with a winged herald over, the reverse with half-length classical female entitled NEHINA -- each 6in. (15.2cm.) high, 640g. each approx.
Provenance: Succession de feus Monseigneur le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris, Christie's 14 Octobre 2008, Paris; allegedly gifted to them by Queen Victoria.
Sold for £3,720
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A PAIR OF LARGE 19TH-CENTURY SAILOR'S SCRIMSHAW-DECORATED WHALE'S TEETH
each incised and pricked out over both sides, the first depicting three full-length fashionable ladies, the second with a group posing in national costume with a winged herald over, the reverse with half-length classical female entitled NEHINA -- each 6in. (15.2cm.) high, 640g. each approx.
Provenance: Succession de feus Monseigneur le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris, Christie's 14 Octobre 2008, Paris; allegedly gifted to them by Queen Victoria.
each incised and pricked out over both sides, the first depicting three full-length fashionable ladies, the second with a group posing in national costume with a winged herald over, the reverse with half-length classical female entitled NEHINA -- each 6in. (15.2cm.) high, 640g. each approx.
Provenance: Succession de feus Monseigneur le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris, Christie's 14 Octobre 2008, Paris; allegedly gifted to them by Queen Victoria.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
