Lot 627 , A George V silver model of an Elizabethan galleon, William Comyns

A George V silver model of an Elizabethan galleon, William Comyns & Sons, London 1913, in full sail, the top sail on the main mast dot-pricked with the cypher of Queen Elizabeth I, the decks and rigging manned and with all the cannon ports open, on simulated 'wave' base and later wooden plinth, H 49cm (overall) L 53cm
Estimate £1,200-1,800

Note: Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO PC (1856-1927) commissioned Comyns to make a galleon to mark the launch of each of 20 tankers built for his Mexican Eagle Oil Company Ltd. The first was launched in 1912.


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Sold for £1,300