ARTISANAT DES PRISONNIERS EN ANGLETERRE PENDANT LE 1er EMPIRE . .
NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS OF WAR CRAFTS...
One of the first recycling art.
Artiste et origine exacte souvent inconnus.Artist name and exact origin often unknown.
Automate en os à cinq personnages polychromes dit « Spinning
Jenny ». Mécanique à la base actionné par une manivelle. Travail de
ponton. Angleterre Début XIX°. Haut 14,5cm.
Petits accidents et collages. Présenté sous un globe en verre rapporté
NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR BONE 98-GUN SHIP MODEL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Height excluding glass dome 11 3/4 in.
Mounted on a later ebonized base with glass dome, including a plaque inscribed H.M.S.
Glory - 98 Guns / 'The Glory' was launched at Plymouth in 1789. In 1794
she joined Lord Howe's fleet and distinguished herself at the Glorious
1st of June. She was engaged in the blockade of Cadiz and Cartegena in
1805 flying the flag of Sir John Orde, and the same year under Captain
S. Warren took part in Calder's action off Ferrol. Form 1809 to 1815 she
was prison ship at Chatham.