Live Auction 8014The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex
A CONTINENTAL SILVER NEF
Lot 128

A CONTINENTAL SILVER NEF

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1890

Closed15 September 2011

Price Realised

GBP 12,500

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER NEF
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1890
Realistically modelled as a two-masted ship, the decks set with a central cabin and figures in various pursuits, engraved '3 March 1891'
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long
142 oz. (4,416 gr.)

By repute, presented to Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray by Lord Mountbatten, on the occasion of his marriage.