2nd May, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia')
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[M] A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER SAILOR'S HAT FROM...
A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER SAILOR'S HAT FROM H.M.S. KING GEORGE V
realistically modelled as a sailor's hat, the hat band engraved King George V with hallmarks for Birmingham 1920/21 -- 4¼in (11cm.) wide; a silver naval menu holder; a bone patch box with inset commemorating the death of William Pitt the Younger inscribed R.H.W. Pitt Obit 23rd January 1806; a lacquered snuff box painted with a frigate action and signed G.W.G. Hunt [19]88
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realistically modelled as a sailor's hat, the hat band engraved King George V with hallmarks for Birmingham 1920/21 -- 4¼in (11cm.) wide; a silver naval menu holder; a bone patch box with inset commemorating the death of William Pitt the Younger inscribed R.H.W. Pitt Obit 23rd January 1806; a lacquered snuff box painted with a frigate action and signed G.W.G. Hunt [19]88
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Sold for £434
Estimated at £150 - £250
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER SAILOR'S HAT FROM H.M.S. KING GEORGE V
realistically modelled as a sailor's hat, the hat band engraved King George V with hallmarks for Birmingham 1920/21 -- 4¼in (11cm.) wide; a silver naval menu holder; a bone patch box with inset commemorating the death of William Pitt the Younger inscribed R.H.W. Pitt Obit 23rd January 1806; a lacquered snuff box painted with a frigate action and signed G.W.G. Hunt [19]88
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realistically modelled as a sailor's hat, the hat band engraved King George V with hallmarks for Birmingham 1920/21 -- 4¼in (11cm.) wide; a silver naval menu holder; a bone patch box with inset commemorating the death of William Pitt the Younger inscribed R.H.W. Pitt Obit 23rd January 1806; a lacquered snuff box painted with a frigate action and signed G.W.G. Hunt [19]88
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Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia'), 2nd May, 2017
