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Lot 334

A Naval Boarding Axe
Dated 1890

5 July 2005, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £600 inc. premium

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A Naval Boarding Axe
Dated 1890

The steel head comprising axe-blade with crescentic cutting-edge and indistinctly stamped with maker's name above 'C & N 1890' on one side, beak-shaped peen, and wide rounded side-straps, on original wooden haft of circular section (2)
20.5 cm. head

Footnotes

Provenance:
The maindeck of H.M.S. Victory prior to her removal to her permanent berth in No. 2 Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard in 1922

Offered with a coloured image showing two similar axes displayed on 'The Main Deck. H.M.S. "Victory"'

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