A NAPOLEONIC 'PRISONER OF WAR' BONE AND IVORY MODEL OF A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY
ANGLO-FRENCH, CIRCA 1810
A NAPOLEONIC 'PRISONER OF WAR' BONE AND IVORY MODEL OF A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY ANGLO-FRENCH, CIRCA 1810 The hull of the model is planked in bone with a waist planked in baleen or horn; with a carved figurehead in the form of a Roman warrior; on a straw and wood plinth intricately decorated in geometric patterns and with capstan feet; with a mahogany base board with wood plaque inscribed 'A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY. CIRCA 1810./ A BONE AND IVORY MODEL MADE BY FRENCH/ PRISONERS FROM THE NAPOLEONIC WARS WHILST/ CAPTIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ 1794-1815'; within a mahogany framed glass case 17 x 7 x 13 ½ in. (43.3 x 18 x 34.5 cm.), in glass case
A NAPOLEONIC 'PRISONER OF WAR' BONE AND IVORY MODEL OF A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY
ANGLO-FRENCH, CIRCA 1810
A NAPOLEONIC 'PRISONER OF WAR' BONE AND IVORY MODEL OF A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY ANGLO-FRENCH, CIRCA 1810 The hull of the model is planked in bone with a waist planked in baleen or horn; with a carved figurehead in the form of a Roman warrior; on a straw and wood plinth intricately decorated in geometric patterns and with capstan feet; with a mahogany base board with wood plaque inscribed 'A 48 GUN FRIGATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY. CIRCA 1810./ A BONE AND IVORY MODEL MADE BY FRENCH/ PRISONERS FROM THE NAPOLEONIC WARS WHILST/ CAPTIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ 1794-1815'; within a mahogany framed glass case 17 x 7 x 13 ½ in. (43.3 x 18 x 34.5 cm.), in glass case
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