24th Nov, 2020 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable)
98
[M] THREE EDWARDIAN CARICATURE SPORTING FIGURINES BY JOHN HASSALL FOR DUNLOP, RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF R.M.S. MEDINA
THREE EDWARDIAN CARICATURE SPORTING FIGURINES BY JOHN HASSALL FOR DUNLOP, RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF R.M.S. MEDINA
comprising a golfer; his caddy and a cricketer, each with articulated head secured with elastic, the caddy signed Hassall to base -- 6in. (15cm.) high; together with a meerschaum portrait pipe depicting Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, with amber mouthpiece
(4)
Provenance: Sotheby's, 26 May 1988, Medina Cargo Sale. Lot 154 and part of Lot 214.
Medina was a handsome 12,358 ton P&O liner built by Caird & Co. in 1911 for the London-Australia route. Chartered as a Royal Yacht to take King George V and Queen Mary to the Delhi Durbar of 1911, she was delivered to P&O in 1912 and remained in service during the Great War. She was torpedoed by U-31 off Start Point on 28th April, 1917 and her wreck is upright with a 15° list to port allowing for the partial salvage of some of her forward compartments.
Sold for £347
Estimated at £300 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THREE EDWARDIAN CARICATURE SPORTING FIGURINES BY JOHN HASSALL FOR DUNLOP, RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF R.M.S. MEDINA
comprising a golfer; his caddy and a cricketer, each with articulated head secured with elastic, the caddy signed Hassall to base -- 6in. (15cm.) high; together with a meerschaum portrait pipe depicting Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, with amber mouthpiece
(4)
Provenance: Sotheby's, 26 May 1988, Medina Cargo Sale. Lot 154 and part of Lot 214.
Medina was a handsome 12,358 ton P&O liner built by Caird & Co. in 1911 for the London-Australia route. Chartered as a Royal Yacht to take King George V and Queen Mary to the Delhi Durbar of 1911, she was delivered to P&O in 1912 and remained in service during the Great War. She was torpedoed by U-31 off Start Point on 28th April, 1917 and her wreck is upright with a 15° list to port allowing for the partial salvage of some of her forward compartments.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable), 24th Nov, 2020
Mercantile : 1-98
Naval : 101-179
Instruments : 181-295
Printed catalogues available at £20 (+P&P)
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