21st Oct, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory)
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[M] AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON...
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON GLASS CEILING
a set of twelve tinted glass panels commemorating Nelson's actions, comprising: Trafalgar; Nile; St. Vincent; The Baltic; West Indies; Santa Cruz; Cape Ushant; Bay of Naples; Alexandra and fragments for a further three panels: Siege of Bastia; Cadiz and Copenhagen (Trafalgar: corner detached upper right; Cape Ushant: corner detached lower right), each - 48 x 50¾in. (122 x 129cm.) and approximately ½in. (1cm.) thick
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Provenance: These panels were installed in an inn then called "The Victory", 151 Old Chorley Rd, Bolton, Lancashire in 1809 and removed in 2005. The inn has since been re-named at least twice.
** Special viewing arrangements are in place for this lot. One panel (St. Vincent) is available on site, the remaining eleven are available for viewing by appointment only. High-resolution images are available upon request.
a set of twelve tinted glass panels commemorating Nelson's actions, comprising: Trafalgar; Nile; St. Vincent; The Baltic; West Indies; Santa Cruz; Cape Ushant; Bay of Naples; Alexandra and fragments for a further three panels: Siege of Bastia; Cadiz and Copenhagen (Trafalgar: corner detached upper right; Cape Ushant: corner detached lower right), each - 48 x 50¾in. (122 x 129cm.) and approximately ½in. (1cm.) thick
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Provenance: These panels were installed in an inn then called "The Victory", 151 Old Chorley Rd, Bolton, Lancashire in 1809 and removed in 2005. The inn has since been re-named at least twice.
** Special viewing arrangements are in place for this lot. One panel (St. Vincent) is available on site, the remaining eleven are available for viewing by appointment only. High-resolution images are available upon request.
Sold for £1,984
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON GLASS CEILING
a set of twelve tinted glass panels commemorating Nelson's actions, comprising: Trafalgar; Nile; St. Vincent; The Baltic; West Indies; Santa Cruz; Cape Ushant; Bay of Naples; Alexandra and fragments for a further three panels: Siege of Bastia; Cadiz and Copenhagen (Trafalgar: corner detached upper right; Cape Ushant: corner detached lower right), each - 48 x 50¾in. (122 x 129cm.) and approximately ½in. (1cm.) thick
(12)
Provenance: These panels were installed in an inn then called "The Victory", 151 Old Chorley Rd, Bolton, Lancashire in 1809 and removed in 2005. The inn has since been re-named at least twice.
** Special viewing arrangements are in place for this lot. One panel (St. Vincent) is available on site, the remaining eleven are available for viewing by appointment only. High-resolution images are available upon request.
a set of twelve tinted glass panels commemorating Nelson's actions, comprising: Trafalgar; Nile; St. Vincent; The Baltic; West Indies; Santa Cruz; Cape Ushant; Bay of Naples; Alexandra and fragments for a further three panels: Siege of Bastia; Cadiz and Copenhagen (Trafalgar: corner detached upper right; Cape Ushant: corner detached lower right), each - 48 x 50¾in. (122 x 129cm.) and approximately ½in. (1cm.) thick
(12)
Provenance: These panels were installed in an inn then called "The Victory", 151 Old Chorley Rd, Bolton, Lancashire in 1809 and removed in 2005. The inn has since been re-named at least twice.
** Special viewing arrangements are in place for this lot. One panel (St. Vincent) is available on site, the remaining eleven are available for viewing by appointment only. High-resolution images are available upon request.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory), 21st Oct, 2009
