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WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE (BRITISH, 1851-1931)
Putting to sea
Grey wash
5½ x 12¼in. (14 x 31cm.); together with two pencil sketches and one wash sketch of fishing boats by the same hand
(4)
£200-300
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REV. FREDERICK C. JACKSON (BRITISH, 1825-1898)
Retrieving wreckage on a Cornish beach
Signed and dated 'FC Jackson 1874' (lower right)
Watercolour
17½ x 24in. (44.5 x 61cm.)
£200-300
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
Tug attending to a Rickmer Line barque
Signed and dated 'William M Ball 88' (lower right)
Watercolour
9¾ x 13in. (24.5 x 33cm.); together with another watercolour by the same hand of a Thames barge
(2)
£200-300
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ENGLISH PRIMITIVE SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
The schooner 'Baltick' coming out of St. Eustatia Ye 16th Nov 1765
Inscribed with title (top left)
Watercolour
13 x 18in. (33 x 46cm.)
£400-600
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δ JOHN CHARLES ALLCOTT (BRITISH, 1888-1973)
'Mount Stewart'
Signed and dated 'J Allcott 1903' (lower left) and inscribed with title (lower right)
Watercolour
11¾ x 17¾in. (30 x 45cm.)
£250-350
This 1903 ton barque was launched at the Whiteinch yard of Barclay, Curle & Co. in 1891 for D. Rose & Co. and broken up in 1925.
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JOSEPH HONORÉ MAXIME PELLEGRIN (FRENCH, 1793-1869)
'Le Solide', 1862
Signed, inscribed and dated 'H Pellegrin a Marseilles 1862' (lower right)
Watercolour
14¾ x 16in. (37.5 x 41cm.)
£400-600
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JOSEPH HONORÉ MAXIME PELLEGRIN (FRENCH, 1793-1869)
'L'Union' 1831
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Honore Pellegrin a Marseilles 1831' (lower right)
Watercolour
17½ x 24¾in. (44.5 x 63cm.)
£500-700
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δ JOHN CHANCELLOR (BRITISH, 1925-1984)
A clipper under sail
Signed 'John Chancellor' (lower left)
Watercolour
14 x 20¼in. (35.5 x 51.5cm.)
£300-500
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δ JOHN CHANCELLOR (BRITISH, 1925-1984)
The 'Sanspareil' (BM326) passing the Wolf Rock Light
Signed 'John Chancellor' (bottom right) inscribed 'Sanspareil' (middle); and 'Wolf' (lower left) and old artist's label verso with details
Watercolour
14 x 21¼in. (35.5 x 54cm.)
£600-800
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δ ERIC TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
The Clipper 'Rodney'
Signed 'E Tufnell' (lower right) and inscribed 'Rodney' (lower left)
Watercolour
14½ x 20¾in. (37 x 52.5cm.)
£250-350
Built for Devitt & Moore in 1874 by W. Pile as a full rigged ship for the Australian immigrant trade, Rodney could carry 60 first class and about 500 steerage passengers. In November 1895, while on passage to Sydney in bad weather, she lost her lion figurehead in the Channel which washed ashore six months later in Whitsand Bay. Sold in 1897 to Boissière of Nantes and renamed Gipsy, she was re-rigged as a barque for the nitrate trade for South America. On December 7th, 1901 on voyage from Iquique to Falmouth with a cargo of nitrate, she was wrecked at Downderry, Cornwall. Being a hazard to navigation, she was blown up and her remains are still there at seven metres depth.
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LOUIS PAPALUCA (ITALIAN, 1890-1934)
The S.Y. 'Fantôme II'
Signed 'L. Papaluca' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fantôme II R.Y.S.' (lower centre)
Watercolour and gouache
10½ x 15½in. (27 x 39.5cm.); together with a white damask tablecloth from the Fantôme II
(2)
£400-600
Built by A. Dubigeon at Nantes in 1896 and originally christened Belem, the steel barque later known as Fantôme (II) began her career as a purely commercial trader owned by Denin Crouan et Fils working out of Nantes. First registered at 546 tons gross (407 net) and measuring 168 feet in length with a 29 foot beam, her working life came to an unexpected end when, shortly before the Great War, she was purchased by the Duke of Westminster for cruising. Presumably laid up for the duration of hostilities, in 1920 the Duke installed two 300 hp diesel engines by Bolinders of Stockholm and enjoyed the use of her until 1922 when he sold her to the Hon. Sir Arthur Guinness. Since her new owner already had a steam yacht called Fantôme, he renamed his new acquisition Fantôme (II) and sailed her until his death in 1949 when she was sold for use as an Italian sail training ship and re-christened Giorgio Cini. Subsequently sold back into French ownership, she resumed her original name of Belem, was restored to her original condition and is now a sail training ship.
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1900
S.S. 'Wyneric' in a foul sea
Oil on canvas
14 x 22in. (35.5 x 55cm.)
£150-250
Built by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow for William Burrell & Sons in 1899 as the Strathgarry, she was regisetered at 4,992. In 1899 she was briefly owned by the Prince Line who renamed her Dutch Prince but they sold her on almost immediately and, in 1900, she was acquired by Andrew Weir being renamed Wyneric. On the 10th May 1913, she was on passage between Baltimore and Lota when, after passing Triton Bank (Magellan Strait), she went missing and was never seen again - whether this was connected to her cargo of coal and dynamite is unknown.
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HARRY J. JANSEN (BELGIAN/DUTCH, C1895-1930)
S.S. 'Oakmore' of Liverpool
Signed, inscribed and dated 'J Jansen, Antwerp 06' (lower right)
Watercolour
13¼ x 20½in. (33.5 x 52cm.)
£200-300
Built by Richardson Duck in 1897, Oakmore registered 4547 tons and was an impressive addition to the Culmore fleet. Sold to Norwegian owners in 1911, she was renamed Benguela. On June 14th 1917, she was on a voyage from Avonmouth to Philadelphia in ballast when she was captured by the German submarine U-155 (Karl Meusel). Used for several days as a support vessel, which included capturing another Norwegian ship, the Siraa on 29th June, both Benguela and and Siraa were sunk on June 30th off the Azores without loss of life.
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S. DE SIMONE (19-20TH CENTURY)
S.Y. 'Joyeuse'
Signed and dated 'De Simone 1910' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. Joyeuse' (lower left)
Watercolour
17½ x 25½in. (44.5 x 65cm.)
£350-450
Built by Day, Summers & Co, Southampton for Hamilton Fletcher, Joyeuse was a steel hulled schooner-rigged steam yacht. Registered at 267 tons and an impressive 153 feet in length, she was also fitted with electric lighting. Latterly she was sold to Greek owners and renamed Athina S when she was bombed and sunk off Greece in April 1941. Her clock and barometer were sold in these Rooms, 2nd May 2017, lot 209.
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LUIGI ROBERTO (ITALIAN, 1845-1910)
S.S. 'Uppingham' entering the Bay of Naples, 1886; S.S. 'Uppingham' in a gale in the Bay of Biscay
Signed, inscribed and dated 'L. Roberto Napoli 1886' (lower left) with titles centre
Watercolour and gouache
16¼ x 24¼in. (41 x 61.5cm.)
(2, a pair)
£500-800
Built in 1881 by Railton, Dixon & Co. for E. Pembroke (later Galbraith, Pembroke & Co.), Uppingham was cargo steamer of 2203 tons that ran aground in a violent storm at Longpeak on the 23rd November, 1890 four miles west of Hartland Point when on route from Cardiff for Port Said with a cargo of coal. The First Mate (T.W. Woolcott) drowned attempting to get a line to shore, the remaining twenty-eight passengers and crew took to the boats with only ten surviving, the ship was quickly smashed to pieces on the rocks.
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1810
The brig 'Mary Bidle' off Dover
Oil on panel
13¾ x 19¼in. (35 x 49cm.) unframed
£200-300
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ARTHUR JOSEPH MEADOWS (BRITISH, 1843-1907)
Near Amalfi, Gulf of Salerno, Italy
Signed and dated 'Arthur J Meadows 1877' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
12 x 20in. (30.5 x 50.8cm.)
£800-1,200
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ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE CHAMBERS, SENIOR (BRITISH, 1803-1840)
The harbour entrance
Bears signature and date 'G. Chambers 1832' (lower right)
Oil on panel
6½ x 9¾in. (16.5 x 25cm.)
£300-500
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1870
Studies of barges at sea
Signed 'J.E.' (lower right)
Oil on board
6 x 8¾in. (15 x 22cm.)
(2, a pair)
£150-250
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JOHN FRASER R.A. (BRITISH, 1858-1927)
Off Folkestone
Signed and dated 'J Fraser 1886' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
25 x 49½in. (63.5 x 126cm.)
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: Exhibited Royal Academy, 1887 No.294 (Gallery III)
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δ FRANK HENRY MASON R.I. (BRITISH, 1875-1965)
'L'Esperance' RYYC off Spithead
Signed 'Frank H Mason' (lower left) inscribed on old label to reverse
Oil on canvas laid on board
16½ x 23½in. (42 x 60cm.)
£600-800
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
The barque 'Harbinger' at anchor
Signed and dated 'William M. Ball 98' (lower right)
Oil on canvas board
18 x 26in. (45.5 x 66cm.)
£200-300
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ARTHUR BRISCOE (BRITISH, 1873-1943)
The 'Grace Harwar' under full sail
Signed and dated 'A Briscoe / 40' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
25½ x 36½in. (65 x 93cm.)
£2,500-3,500
Provenance: Alan Villiers and thence by descent; Exhibited at the Fine Arts Society November 1953; and Stacey Marks, October 1960;
Built in 1889 by Hamilton for W. Montgomery, the 1807 ton iron barque Grace Harwar was one of the last working tall ships and remained active until sold for breaking in 1935. The photograph albums contained in lot 189 have many interesting views taken during a typical passage dating from 1929.
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CHRISTIAN ECKARDT (DANISH, 1832-1914)
A London hay barge passing Chapman Sands lighthouse, off Canvey Island in company with varied shipping
Signed and dated 'C Eckardt 1881' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
24½ x 39½in. (62 x 100cm.)
£800-1,200
The distinctive lighthouse built on the Chapman Sands was erected in 1851 to a design by James Walker, consultant to Trinity House. A 'pile' type, it had seven iron supports driven forty feet into the sand to ensure it was stable, and living accommodation located in a sort of tank underneath the lamp. Its 8000 candle power lamp was located forty feet above the tide and could be seen for eleven miles. It lasted until 1957 when it was replaced by a bell buoy.
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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY
Studies of vessels comprising: 'Mallard'; 'Ipparco Baccich'; 'Enchantress'; 'Hirondelle II'; 'St. Michaels'; 'Gimcrack'; 'Nave Carboniera'; 'Freelance'
A set of eight, all signed with monogram 'AA'
Oil on board
11 x 15in. (28 x 38in.)
(8)
£400-600
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δ ARTHUR BURGESS (BRITISH, 1879-1957)
M.V. 'Irish Pine' 1948
Signed 'Arthur W. Burgess' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
19 x 29½in. (48 x 75cm.)
£400-600
Built by Readhead of South Shields for Irish Shipping Ltd, she registered 5048 tons, was 436ft long with a 56ft beam. Renamed Amazon (1965) and Aramon (1976), she was broken up in 1979 with a solidified bitumen cargo.
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δ MUIRHEAD BONE (BRITISH, 1876-1953)
Shipbuilding: a pair of lithographs, signed in pencil 'Muirhead Bone' (lower right)
Each 14½ x 18¾in. (37 x 48cm.)
(2, a pair)
£100-150
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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1928
View of a lighthouse with foghorn and bell
Indistinctly signed and dated '1928' (lower left)
Watercolour
18 x 15in. (46 x 38.5cm.)
£200-400
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
17th Century Dutch naval vessels
Signed and dated 'William M Ball 87' (lower right)
Watercolour
14 x 20½in. (35.5 x 52cm.); together with another 17th Century watercolour naval scene by the same hand, smaller
(2)
£200-300
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'OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 1745...'
issued by Charles Bush, one page to the Respective Officers at Portsmouth charging them with removing the guns and powder from H.M.S. Portland and to return them, including a 'Resupply' when the ship is ready to receive them - 11½ x 7½in. (29.5 x 19cm.); Office of the Ordnance, 1st January, 1745; SUPPLY TO COMPLETE the Penzance for a voyage to North America & Board's Order 26 [April], 1748 comprising Round Shot, Paper Cartridges…
Spare Slaves, Sheepskins… Aprons of lead, Large and Nails, London, 28 April 1748; together with two other items, all pasted to a black board, framed and glazed - 14½ x 18½in. (36.7 x 47cm.)
£150-250
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A MODERN WEDGWOOD JASPERWARE PLAQUE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
issued by Maggs, 1968, impressed with maker's marks for Wedgwood - 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; together with a facsimile set of Admiralty plans from H.M.Barque Endeavour, over five sheets
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£100-150
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'ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS MERCATORIA...'
by Johan Georg Lange, Stockholm, 1768 for Fredrik Henrik Chapman, engraved pictorial title, engraved dedication leaf, one leaf of printed list of contents and 62 plates of naval diagrams, two engraved plates from other works (English and French), 19thC half roan, slightly worn, oblong folio - 23½ x 35in. (59.5 x 89cm.)
£3,000-5,000
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FREDRIK HENRIK CHAPMAN: 'NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - WAR VESSELS', CIRCA 1770
50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed F. Ringheim and one each by E. Henning and K.R., many folding, contemporary half calf (some wear) - 20½ x 31½in. (54.5 x 80cm.)
£1,000-1,500
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DANIEL GARDNER (BRITISH, 1750-1805)
Half length portrait of Admiral Keppel in undress uniform, circa 1780
Pastel and bodycolour
9 x 7in. (23 x 18cm.), oval
£2,000-3,000
Augustus Keppel (1725-86) second son of the 2nd Earl of Albermarle. Educated briefly at Westminster, he went to sea aged ten and already had five years afloat when he was appointed to serve with Lord Anson aboard the Centurion (60) with whom he circumnavigated the globe in 1740. Latterly He served under Hawke in the Seven Years' War (1756-63), captured Gorée in 1758, commanded the Torbay (74) at the battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, and the Valiant (74) in the capture of Belleisle in 1761, and was second-in-command at the capture of Havana in 1762. In 1778, as commander-in-chief of the grand fleet, he encountered the French fleet off Ushant, but the French escaped. He was tried by court martial for neglect of duty, but was acquitted. He became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1782-83 and was raised to the peerage as 1st Viscount Keppel at the same time. He supported the unpopular Fox-North coalition ministry and with its fall in 1783 he effectively disappeared from public view, dying unmarried on 2nd October, 1886.
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A COLLECTION OF ROYAL GEORGE TREEN
comprising a jewellery casket with anchor form lock plate with inscribed provenance; a copy of True Stories of H.M.Ship Royal George, published by E. Hartnell, 1841, bound with wooden covers and with lengthy manuscript inscription from the publisher on fly; a snuff box, a book form paperweight; together with a copper ring
(5)
£300-400
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AN UNUSUAL ARTICULATED FIGURINE CARVED FROM TIMBER RECOVERED FROM H.M.S. ROYAL GEORGE, CIRCA 1842
modelled as an elegantly dressed black man in a top hat with moving arms, decorated in polychrome, mounted to a plinth, the base with sliding panel containing a note inscribed carved by William Barnes, Portsmouth, Hants in the year 1842 / part of the wreck of the Royal George sunk at Spithead Augst 29 1782 recovered 1840; together with a naïve portrait of Nelson and a poem about the Royal George
£300-500
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A COLLECTION OF VICTORY COPPER AND TREEN
comprising a model anchor with bound stock, two copper pin dishes, a substantial bolt mounted in wooden base inscribed Original oak and copper bolt from H.M.S. Victory, a small section of sheathing with stamp dated 1823, a section of oak, wrapped Victory cap tally and bosun call and two sprung letter clamps
(a lot)
£200-300
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Beach scene with a man o'war at anchor
Oil on canvas
12½ x 17½in. (32 x 44.5cm.); together with a Dutton print of America
(2)
£150-250
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δ DEREK GEORGE MONTAGUE GARDNER (BRITISH, 1914-2007)
'Galatea' & 'Sylph' in company off Belle-Île, August 1796
Signed 'Derek GM Gardner' (lower right)
Oil on board
9 x 15½in. (23 x 39.5cm.)
£800-1,200
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
The Frigate 'Diana'; Frigates and cormorants in Torbay
Signed and dated 'William M Ball 88' (lower right) the latter with artist's label to reverse
Watercolour
13½ x 20¾in. (34.5 x 52.5cm.)
(2)
£350-450
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δ DEREK GEORGE MONTAGUE GARDNER (BRITISH, 1914-2007)
Cruising off the Cornish coast, circa 1805
Signed and dated 'Derek GM Gardner / 1983' (lower right)
Watercolour
9 x 13in. (23 x 33cm.)
£400-600
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
Frigates of the Red Squadron
Signed 'William M Ball' (lower right)
Watercolour
14 x 21¾in. (35.5 x 55cm.); together with a watercolour panorama of a squadron of the red in the channel by the same hand - 11½ x 28½in. (29 x 72.5cm.)
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£300-500
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
H.M.S. 'Swift' off Gibraltar
Signed and dated 'William M Ball' (lower left) and inscribed in pencil with title to verso
Oil on board
11½ x 15½in. (29 x 39cm.); together with another by the same hand
(2)
£200-300
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AFTER WILLIAM JOY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The Rescue
Watercolour
15 x 21¼in. (38 x 54cm.)
£500-700
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ATTRIBUTED TO NICHOLAS POCOCK (BRITISH, 1740-1821)
'San Fiorenzo' & La 'Piémontaise' off Ceylon, 1804
Watercolour
6¾ x 10¼in. (17.5 x 26cm.)
£300-500
Provenance: With Sotheby's
On 6 March 1808, H.M.S. San Fiorenzo (38-gun; Capt. George Hardinge) came across three East Indiamen being followed by the 40-gun French frigate Piémontaise. He turned to confront the Frenchman, who attempted to escape. St Fiorenzo chased the Piémontaise for the next several days, with intermittent fighting as the French turned to engage their pursuer, before sailing away again. They were finally brought to a decisive battle on 8 March, where after an hour and twenty minutes of fierce fighting, they surrendered. French losses amounted to 48 dead and 112 wounded, while the British lost 13 dead and 25 wounded. Captain Hardinge was among the dead, killed by grapeshot shortly before the Piémontaise surrendered. He was buried at Colombo with full military honours, and monuments to his memory were erected in Bombay and in St Paul's Cathedral.
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δ WILLIAM M BALL (BRITISH, 1923-2008)
Studies of Napoleonic frigates
Each signed 'William M Ball' (lower right)
Watercolour
8 x 11½in. (20 x 29cm.)
(2)
£200-300
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NAVAL SIGNALS, CIRCA 1800
manuscript on paper, 80 leaves, mostly written on the recto and verso, numerous signals, a few in red or blue, a finely drawn illustration of a windlass on last page, lacks a few leaves, a few tears, very lightly browned, pocket book with contemporary sheep covers (rather worn), London, circa 1800 - 4¼ x 3 5/8in. (11 x 9.5cm); together with a loosely inserted little signal book containing 114 signals, many in red or blue, a few leaves a little defective, contemporary marbled wrappers
(2)
£400-600
According to an inserted note, this signal book was used aboard H.M.S. Foudroyant, commanded for a while from 1798 by Lord Nelson.
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A 19TH CENTURY MEZZOTINT OF JACK CRAWFORD NAILING THE COLOURS TO THE VENERABLE'S MAST DURING THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN
framed with presentation plate - 21¾ x 16¾in. (55.5 x 42.5cm.)
£250-350
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Ø A RARE SAILOR'S BOARD GAME, PROBABLY FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
comprising a painted sailcloth 'board' equally divided between card suits with a crown and foul anchor to the centre; together with four ivory dice each reflecting the six graphics, a stitched leather shaker and four counters - the 'board' 14½ x 17in. (37 x 43cm.)
(a lot)
£200-400
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