1st May, 2018 11:00

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

 
  Lot 9
 

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[M] GIOVANNI LUZZO (ITALIAN, fl.1851-1877)<br/>The...

GIOVANNI LUZZO (ITALIAN, fl.1851-1877)
The snow 'Jane Avery' Captain James Peterson off Gibraltar
Signed and inscribed 'Gio Luzzo in Venezia 1854' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
14¼ x 22¼in. (34 x 56.5cm.)

This 267 ton snow was built in Jarrow, 1839, and traded between North Shields and Varna, Bulgaria. According to Lloyds Register, her Captain was J. Paterson, not 'Peterson' as Luzzo records here. She was last recorded in 1863 as a local coaster owned by one G. Bell.

Sold for £868
Estimated at £300 - £500

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Slightly time staining overall, minor scuffing

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GIOVANNI LUZZO (ITALIAN, fl.1851-1877)
The snow 'Jane Avery' Captain James Peterson off Gibraltar
Signed and inscribed 'Gio Luzzo in Venezia 1854' (lower left)
Watercolour heightened with white
14¼ x 22¼in. (34 x 56.5cm.)

This 267 ton snow was built in Jarrow, 1839, and traded between North Shields and Varna, Bulgaria. According to Lloyds Register, her Captain was J. Paterson, not 'Peterson' as Luzzo records here. She was last recorded in 1863 as a local coaster owned by one G. Bell.
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