Sold for:
$40,000
$40,000
modeled as a three-masted ship, fully rigged with flying burgees, the hull chased with faux bois and scrolling strapwork, the bow mounted with a caryatid figurehead and four hanging anchors, the stern applied with arms under a coronet flanked by seated lions and with dolphin form rudder, the two-level deck and rigging applied with fifty-two figures, hull and deck with seventy-two cannons, all supported on a detachable stand formed of foliate scrollwork including grotesque masks, mythological beasts and seahorses at corners, approximately 370 ozt. Length 48 x height 42 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-05-20
