26th Apr, 2022 10:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter)

 
  Lot 28
 

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[M] AN AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN FIGUREHEAD, CIRCA 1860

AN AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN FIGUREHEAD, CIRCA 1860

bust length and depicting a Romano-British tribal chief with red flowing hair and beard, wearing a tunic with brooch pins and terminating in a foliate scroll, mounted on ebonised display base – 36in. (91.5cm.) high

Sold for £1,612
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 

AN AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN FIGUREHEAD, CIRCA 1860

bust length and depicting a Romano-British tribal chief with red flowing hair and beard, wearing a tunic with brooch pins and terminating in a foliate scroll, mounted on ebonised display base – 36in. (91.5cm.) high

Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter), 26th Apr, 2022

Order of Sale:

Mercantile (Sail) – 1-97 
Mercantile (Steam) – 100-162
Naval (Sail) – 165-236
Naval (Steam) – 237-318
Navigational & Scientific Instruments – 320-380

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