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ENGLISH, 20TH CENTURY SCHOOL
H.M.S. 'Q23' in dazzle camouflage
Pen and ink
4 x 7in. (10 x 18cm.); together with another by the same hand of H.M.S. Hermione; and a motor torpedo boat and destroyers
(3)
£150-250
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A MIDSHIPMAN'S LOG BOOK COMPILED ON BOARD H.M.S. NILE, 15TH JANUARY 1893 TO 15TH MAY 1895
kept by A.B. Humphrey and comprising 192 pages liberally illustrated with 54 pen, ink and watercolour maps, charts and technical illustrations, half calf, spine gilt in compartments, folio - 13 x 8in (33 x 20.5cm.), volume printed by Waterlow & Sons, 1890; together with a Legion of Honour Chevalier class awarded to Mr Humphrey for services in the Great War, and the accompanying certificate.
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£400-600
Inscription on an endpaper 'This is to notify that Mr Alfred B. Humphrey, Naval Cadet joined the H.M.S. Nile his first seagoing ship the 12th February 1893', G.W. Noel, Captain. The Nile, with lengthy stays in Malta and Gibraltar, spent most of the two years in the Aegean and Ionian Seas performing mostly routine duties, before returning, via Vigo, to Chatham. The illustrations are of superior quality.
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A FINE LATE 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE
depicting the Royal Coat of Arms, flanked with the National flags and symbols, signed and dated 'G. Battley 1899' (lower centre) and contained within a contemporary sailorwork stained pine frame carved with oak leaves and acorns, including frame - 30½ x 37in. (77.5 x 94cm.); together with facsimile copies for George Battley's service career
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£200-400
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AN ATTRACTIVE GERMAN SILVER PRESENTATION VASE, CIRCA 1904
of Art Nouveau design inscribed under rim To captain S.C. Plant from his grateful pupil Toussaint Kapitänleutnant S.M.S. 'Vaterland' Mai 1907, the base impressed for maker's marks for Orivit and 925 Sterling silver - 9½in. (24.5cm.) high; 473g
£800-1,200
Vaterland was a 280 ton Imperial German gunboat which operated on the Yangtsze for ten years from 1904 and was, with British and French gunboats, very busy in maintaining order as Manchu power crumbled with their landing parties suppressing many riots. Confiscated on the outbreak of War in 1914 and re-named Li-Sui she was finally broken up in 1942.
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HALTON S. LECKY, THE KING'S SHIPS, A PRESENTATION COPY WITH A FASCINATING "SINKING OF THE BISMARCK" CONNECTION
three volumes (of the projected six), London, 1913, lavishly illustrated throughout and detailing all H.M.'s ships, past and present, listed alphabetically Aboukir-Jupiter, original publisher's blue cloth, a monumental work containing much obscure information, particularly on the careers of many less famous vessels, the work sadly interrupted by the Great War and never completed thereafter
(3)
£300-400
Each volume with printed bookplate reading "Presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Sub-Lieut. A.J.L. Phillips, R.N. for Meritorious Work, 1914"
The recipient of this Admiralty Prize, Sub-Lieut. (later Rear-Admiral) A.J.L. Phillips was born in 1893 and joined the Navy in 1911. Successive promotions followed until he was made captain in 1934. In this capacity, he was in command of the cruiser Norfolk, assigned with her consort Suffolk, to shadow the Bismarck and Prince Eugen through the Denmark Strait as they attempted their famous 'break-out' into the North Atlantic in May 1941. Once Bismarck was sighted, the Admiralty immediately dispatched H.M. Ships Hood and Prince of Wales to intercept her. The four capital ships came to action just before 6am on 24th May and opened fire at 25,000 yards. After a mere ten minutes, a plunging shell penetrated Hood's deck and, to the amazement of all who witnessed it, she blew up and sank instantaneously with the loss of 1,338 officers and men. Captain Phillips, a key witness, wrote afterwards that Hood had gone down "with a glow that pulsated like the appearance of a tropical sun", and he subsequently received the DSO for his part in the operation. Retiring in 1944, Phillips received his final promotion to Rear-Admiral (ret'd) in 1947
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A FINELY CAST BRONZE BADGE FOR H.M.S. SUSSEX R.N.V.R.
depicting the Brighton & Hove armed carrick flanked by R.N.V.R. named Sussex over with Admiralty dolphins and fouled anchor emblems enclosing the ship's name to top - 32in. (81.5cm.) high; 20½in. (52cm.) wide
£400-600
H.M.S. Sussex was a shore establishment which closed in 1994. This is thought to have come from one of the gates.
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A PRESENTATION AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, 1954
the 6 x 8in. photograph depicting Philip in naval uniform and signed Philip 1954, in gilt embossed leather desk frame (lacking stand) - 11½ x 9in. (29 x 23cm.); together with a group view including Prince Philip aboard the R.Y. Britannia inscribed Philip 1959
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£100-150
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A GERMAN SECOND WORLD WAR NAVAL RANGEFINDER BY CARL ZEISS
with maker's code plate inscribed and numbered blc 210577 and fully marked issue plate noting power 11x, with light green crackle finish with rubber eye cup, mounted on iron pedestal stand - stand 50 x 65in. (127 x 165cm.)
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: It's understood this rangefinder was supplied by Germany to General Franco during the Spanish Civil War and was located in a Dockyard.
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A THIRD REICH EIGHT-DAY U-BOAT BULKHEAD CLOCK
the 6in. silvered dial numbered 12035N together with national emblem, black filled Arabic numerals, black spade hands, slow/fast lever and winding arbour, hinged glazed face plate with locking mechanism, going barrel movement, contained within nickel-plated brass bulk head case, the back stamped 11668, with suspension lugs, (one missing) - 8in. (20cm.) diam
£1,000-1,500
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A KRIEGSMARINE TORPEDO TIMER BY JUNGHANS, CIRCA 1935
with 100 second 2½in. painted dial with additional green/red/blue scales for 100m; 150m; and 200m and secondary fan-sweep dial with indicator to 800m, contained within gunmetal case with steel movement stamped with maker's marks and numbered 26993, fob wind and reset - 3½in. (9cm.) high
£250-350
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A FIRST WORLD WAR ADMIRALTY-ISSUE FOB WATCH
the 1½in. black dial inscribed and numbered S. Smith & Sons (M.A.) Ltd, London, "Admiralty" A1 D11 / No.62 W.160, luminous Arabic numbers and hands, subsidiary second hand, contained in brass case with hinged dust cover, the movement stamped with Swiss cross and numbered 7262, with extended fob wind - 2¾in. (7cm.) high
£150-250
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE DOMINO COFFER, CIRCA 1800
with fret-cut hinged dome top to domino compartment complete with dominoes, the sides with cribbage streets and bone feet (old restoration) - 9in. (23cm.) wide; together with another with carved top and sides, fret-cut sliding lid with cribbage streets and wooden base faintly inscribed John ?Roth - 4½in. (11.5cm.) long; and an incomplete plain dome-topped domino chest lacking base and contents - 6in. (15cm.) wide
(3)
£400-600
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR BONE AND WOOD DOMINO COFFER
the temple top sliding lid with six watercolours of an officer and his wife and children and containing a near complete set of bone dominoes (coffer with old wear, damages and loses) - 10in. (25.5cm) long; together with large quantity of carved bone polychrome spillikins in possibly contemporary plain wooden box with sliding lid and a part set of polychrome bone playing cards (22)
(A lot)
£300-500
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR PAIR OF BONE SALAD SERVERS
carved overall, the fork with period repair - 12½in. (32cm.) long; together with a quantity of 19th century carved bone sailorwork
(A lot)
£400-600
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Ø A SAILORWORK CARVED COCONUT BUGBEAR POWER FLASK, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
carved in the round with bust length portraits of Napoleon and Wellington and masonic set squares, brass suspension loops with ivory stopper and eyes - overall 6in. (15.5cm.) long
£500-800
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK CARVED COCONUT
the body carved in the round with foliage, the 'face' with glass eyes, thick set eyebrows and moustache - 4in. (10cm.) wide
£250-350
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A SAILORWORK CARVED COCONUT BUGBEAR POWER FLASK, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
carved in the round with devices including trophy of arms, set squares, musical instruments, plated metal suspension loops and mouthpiece with cork stopper on chain, blue glass eyes - overall 6¼in. (16cm.) long
£400-600
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MINIATURE SAILORWORK CARVED NUT
with finely observed floral and musical motives in cartouche with white metal stopper and suspension chain - 1¼in. (3cm.)
£250-350
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A FINELY CARVED SAILOR WORK HALF COCONUT SHELL, CIRCA 1800
carved in the round with finely obverse trophies of arms and with a cartouche with a four-leaf clover to the centre - 5¼in. (13cm.) wide
£250-350
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AN ATTRACTIVE 19TH CENTURY SAILOR ART CARVED SHIP'S PROFILE
carved in relief and depicting 50-gun ship of the Royal Navy with sails set with reefing points and running rigging, off a headland with lighthouse, finished in polychrome, with suspension loops - 10 x 15in. (25.5 x 38cm.)
£200-300
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AN ATTRACTIVE SCRIMSHAW DECORATED HORN CORDIAL CUP, CIRCA 1872
depicting a finely observed ship in full sail on a calm sea framed with a laurel wreath, inscribed to the reverse Success to the Ship SCOTTISH MAID, Aberdeen 1872, mounted on pedestal foot - 4½in. (11.5cm.); together with a sailorwork treen valentine gift comprising a double-sided book-form wooden box with carved sliding panels and inset glass 'spine' - 3½in. (9cm.) high
(2)
£300-500
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A 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WOOLWORK PICTURE
depicting a three-masted man 'o war underway - 17¼ x 21½in. (44 x 55cm.)
£400-600
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Ø A FINE NARWHAL AND MARINE IVORY PORTRAIT STICK, CIRCA 1890
the polished narwhal shaft with polished metal cuff and marine ivory handle of a bearded gentleman's head possibly of a ship's captain or owner - 34in. (86.5cm.) long
£2,000-3,000
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK NARWHAL, EBONY AND MARINE IVORY WALKING STICK
the narwhal shaft of typical form with ebony section carved to match barley twist and marine ivory and ebony handle terminating in a Turk's Head knot - 38in. (96.5cm.)
£500-800
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Ø A MARINE IVORY, WOOD AND LEATHER SAILORWORK WALKING STICK, CIRCA 1860
the tapering wooden shaft with brass ferrule, bound in black leather and drilled for suspension loop terminating with marine ivory handle carved as a hand grasping a serpent - 37½in. (95cm.) long
£400-600
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY WHALEBONE WALKING STICK
the plain tapering shaft with silver-mounted neck piece, and square section handle inscribed FCH - 35in. (89cm.); together with another comprising a wooden shaft with silver cap hallmarked for London 1897 with scrimshaw decorated whale's tooth handle and brass ferrule - 33¼in. (84.5cm.) long
(2)
£150-250
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Ø A LATE 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S PAN BONE PLAQUE
the 8¼ x 7½in. plaque depicting two couples dancing on a chequerboard floor, contained within contemporary bird's eye maplewood frame inscribed on the sealing paper behind Scrimshaw by Captain Charles Talbot, from the ship "Rising Sun" out of Princetown - overall 12½ x 12in. (32 x 30.5cm.)
£700-900
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Ø A LARGE 19TH CENTURY SAILOR'S WHALE BONE FID
of typical form with turned decoration to top - 16in. (40.5cm.) long; together with another smaller - 7.5in. (19cm.) high
(2)
£600-800
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK FID
of typical form incised with 'A' and drilled for a leather strap - 8½in. (25.5cm.) long; together with an early 20th century articulated model of a harpoon - 15in. (38cm.) long
(2)
£250-350
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Ø A SAILORWORK WHALE BONE CRIBBAGE BOARD, CIRCA 1850
the peg streets divided by carved leaves with pinned and shaped bone handle - 7½in. (19cm.) long
£250-350
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Ø A FINE SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH, 1830S-40S
incised on one side and depicting whaler Fawn sailing off the North Island, New Zealand with her boats pursuing a school of whales, two dead whales pierced with location flags entitled 'Barque Fawn Cruising off North Island' - 9in. (23cm.) long; 980g; together with a quantity of research including correspondence with Arthur Credland, photographs and 'Scrimshaw the Art of the Whaler' by Janet West and Arthur G. Credland
(A lot)
£1,500-2,500
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Ø AN ATTRACTIVE PAIR OF SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TEETH, CIRCA 1840
each incised over one side and depicting a Royal Navy three-decker at anchor; and a Royal Navy two-decker under sail - 6in. (15cm.) high; 722g (combined)
(2)
£800-1,200
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SCOTTISH PATRIOTIC SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over both sides and depicting a bust-length portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie wreathed in laurels and entitled Righ Nan Gaidheal (King of the Gaels), a crossed pair of flintlocks over and claymores under, the reverse with a Scottish warrior - 7in. (18cm.) long; 670g
£1,000-1,500
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Ø A LATE 19TH CENTURY CARVED AND SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
carved in relief with finely worked depiction of a geisha with scrimshaw decoration to her gown and hair, the reverse with chrysanthemum - 4¼in. (11cm.) high; 152g; mounted on an ebonised stand
£400-600
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY FIJIAN WHALE'S TOOTH TABUA
scratch inscribed AVISAT, with old marks and wear, the root and tip drilled twice for suspension loop (tip now chipped through) - 6½in. (16.5cm.) long; 465g
£600-800
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Ø A MID-19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over one side and depicting an American whaler and boats pursuing a sperm whale - 6¼in. (16cm.) long; 674g
£500-800
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised on both sides and depicting an animated whaling scene and a ship under sail - 6½in. (16.5cm.) long; 436g
£800-1,200
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised over one side with a whaler with furled sails, its boats hunting two whales - 6½in. (16.5cm.); 422g
£800-1,200
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TOOTH
incised on one side with three designs comprising a whaler and its boat in pursuit; a whaler in full sail and the American eagle - 7in. (18cm.) long; 336g
£600-800
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Ø TWO SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WHALE'S TEETH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
the first depicting a single deck ship of the Royal Navy sailing past a lighthouse; the second depicting an early paddle steamer underway with sails set - each 4in. (10cm.) high; 205g (combined weight)
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£250-350
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK SCRIMSHAW DECORATED WALRUS TUSK
depicting a whale boat hunting a whale with one harpoon already embedded, the root cavity filled with marine ivory plug - 5½in. (14.5cm.); 191g; loosely mounted on later ebonised stand
£300-400
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Ø A 19TH CENTURY SAILORWORK WHALE'S TOOTH
one side inset with ebony whale profile, flanked by mother-of-pearl geometric shapes - 5¼in. (13cm.) long; 309g
£500-800
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AN UNUSUAL AND PATRIOTIC BRITISH SAILOR'S CHEST, THIRD-QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
heavily constructed in yellow pine with painted rope becket handles, inscribed under keyhole J.E.F., the lid painted on the inside with full width Union flag, the centre counter painted in a diamond J.E.F., with hinged ditty box compartment to left, the lid painted with poly-geometric designs and the sliding panel to private compartment with Union flag, Stars & Stripes, stylized anchors and cross, and inscribed in a period pencil hand John Elliott Ferris Dartmouth Devon together with doodles of fish etc. - 18½ x 42 x 18½in. (47 x 106.5 x 47cm.)
£300-500
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A FINE 19TH CENTURY SHIP'S CARPENTER'S TOOL CHEST
the ends fitted with fine ropework becket handles, the interior with marquetry inlaid lid and fitted interior with drawers and compartments inset with fouled anchors and a swan - overall 22¾ x 37 x 21¼in. (58 x 94 x 54cm.)
£800-1,200
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'SVENSKA FLOTTANS HISTORIA' / [SWEDISH NAVAL HISTORY]
Otto Lybeck, ed, and others, 3 vol., copiously illustrated with plates and illustrations, some folding, some in colour, original blue half morocco, Malmö, 1942-45 - 13 x 10in. (33 x 25.5cm.)
(3)
£50-80
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W** M** (BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL)
Wreck on the Goodwin Sands
Watercolour with scratching out
Indistinctly signed 'W ** M **' and dated '1828' (lower right)
16½ x 25½in. (42 x 65cm.)
£300-500
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DUNCAN, ARCHIBALD, THE MARINER'S CHRONICLES; OR AUTHENTIC AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF POPULAR SHIPWRECKS: RECORDING PARTICULARLY THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF BRITISH SEAMEN, BY WRECK, FIRE, FAMINE, AND OTHER CALAMITIES...
6 vol., mixed editions, 50 engraved plates, some folding, woodcut title-vingette, a little foxing, browning and offsettings, uniformly bound in contemporary black half roan, flat spines gilt, minor damage to head of spine of vol. I, 12mo, London, Dundee, [n.d.] and 1805-12
A collection of 178 descriptions of shipwrecks and other privations and adventures of seamen of all nations, 50 of which are illustrated.
£400-600
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'REFLECTIONS ON SHIPWRECK, WITH HISTORICAL FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR DIMINISHING THAT CALAMITY'
George W. Manby, published by C. Slomar, Yarmouth, first edition 1837, 5 lithographed plates, one mounted, dedication to Queen Victoria, original cloth with gilt title to front cover - 9 x 5¾in. (23 x 14.5cm.); together with another similar, William Gilly's Narratives of Shipwrecks, London 1851; and an imperfect copy of N. Bowditch's The Improved Practical Navigator, London 1802
(3)
£100-150
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SAMUEL ATKINS (ENGLISH, ACT. 1787-1808)
The Wreck of the Halsewell
Watercolour
Signed 'Atkins' (lower right)
4¾ x 6½in. (11.5 x 16cm.)
£400-600
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'THE HALSEWELL EAST INDIAMAN' - A CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT
after Robert Smirke, engraved by R. Pollard and published by J. Jukes, 1786, with titles, plate - 17 x 20in. (43 x 51cm.), mounted framed and glazed; together with another of the same wreck by Robert Dodd, 1786, also framed and glazed; and a rare period account entitled Narrative of the Loss of the Halsewell published by Plummer, Seething Lane, London, in modern card binding - 7 x 4in. (18 x 10cm.)
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£200-300
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