Lot 77
Amended
5 July 2005, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £504 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Scientific Instruments specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA South Staffordshire enamel Drawer Handle made to commemorate The Battle of the Nile
circa 1798
of circular form printed in black and picked out in colours with a ship in full sail, titled below 'Vanguard, 74 Guns, Augst 1st 1798', 'Admiral Nelson' inscribed above, mounted within a turned wood frame, 6.8cm including frame (frame cracked)
of circular form printed in black and picked out in colours with a ship in full sail, titled below 'Vanguard, 74 Guns, Augst 1st 1798', 'Admiral Nelson' inscribed above, mounted within a turned wood frame, 6.8cm including frame (frame cracked)
Footnotes
For another drawer handle depicting Nelson's ship 'Vanguard', see Rina Prentice, A Celebration of the Sea', fig 54, p 32
Saleroom notices
Illustrated as lot 67 in the catalogue