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VERY FINE SMALL NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE MODEL OF AN UNIDENTIFIED 90-GUN SECOND-RATE SHIP French/English, Circa 1795
Hull carved from a single piece of bone with incised waist and lines between the gun ports detailed with black polychroming. Gun ports with red-painted lids and blackened brass cannons. Detailed with chainplates and dead-eyes, a carved bone figurehead of a Roman warrior with residual polychroming, and carved and pierced stern and quarter galleries. Deck planked in bone veneer and detailed with metal anchors, head rails, capstan, pin and fife rails, belfry, well deck with railings, side boards, ship's boats swung out over the port and starboard sides, hatch gratings, guns on carriages, ladders, taff rail, etc. Rigged with masts, yards, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, spars, stun'sail booms, boat rigged out over the well deck, etc. Displayed on a pair of turned bone pedestals and mounted on a two-tier bone stand with polychrome decoration on the rails. Total height 8.75". Length 9". Width 4".
This item is not available for international delivery without CITES and other necessary permits. Obtaining these permits is the obligation of the buyer. Please be aware of current international and domestic regulations and bid accordingly.

Hull carved from a single piece of bone with incised waist and lines between the gun ports detailed with black polychroming. Gun ports with red-painted lids and blackened brass cannons. Detailed with chainplates and dead-eyes, a carved bone figurehead of a Roman warrior with residual polychroming, and carved and pierced stern and quarter galleries. Deck planked in bone veneer and detailed with metal anchors, head rails, capstan, pin and fife rails, belfry, well deck with railings, side boards, ship's boats swung out over the port and starboard sides, hatch gratings, guns on carriages, ladders, taff rail, etc. Rigged with masts, yards, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, spars, stun'sail booms, boat rigged out over the well deck, etc. Displayed on a pair of turned bone pedestals and mounted on a two-tier bone stand with polychrome decoration on the rails. Total height 8.75". Length 9". Width 4".
This item is not available for international delivery without CITES and other necessary permits. Obtaining these permits is the obligation of the buyer. Please be aware of current international and domestic regulations and bid accordingly.
Condition: The model is in excellent condition with no apparent signs of restoration or repair. The rigging is in excellent condition but is later, circa mid to late 19th century. One section of the railing on the lower base has come off but the piece is secured and should be easy to restore.


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August 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
East Dennis, MA, US

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