A Prisoner of War Carved Bone Ship Model of the Sea Flower
Sale 1313 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II
Mar 14, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,524
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A Prisoner of War Carved Bone Ship Model of the Sea Flower
19th Century
identified HMS / Sea Flower, base.
Overall height 14 1/2 x width of base 17 1/2 x depth of base 7 1/4 inches; length of ship 13 inches.
The HMS Sea Flower was a sixteen-gun brig sloop purchased by the Royal Navy in April 1782. She was captured by the French frigate Manche, under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, near Bengkulu on September 29, 1808, during the Mauritius Campaign.
Overall height 14 1/2 x width of base 17 1/2 x depth of base 7 1/4 inches; length of ship 13 inches.
The HMS Sea Flower was a sixteen-gun brig sloop purchased by the Royal Navy in April 1782. She was captured by the French frigate Manche, under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, near Bengkulu on September 29, 1808, during the Mauritius Campaign.
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