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A LARGE GERMAN SILVER THREE-MASTED NEF

MARK OF B. NERESHEIMER & SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1900

    Price Realised USD 18,900
    Estimate
    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
    Closed: 6 Apr 2023
    A LARGE GERMAN SILVER THREE-MASTED NEF

    MARK OF B. NERESHEIMER & SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1900

    Price Realised USD 18,900
    Closed: 6 Apr 2023
    Price Realised USD 18,900
    Closed: 6 Apr 2023
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    Raised on four openwork wheels, the faux bois hull with sixteen cannons and with twin-tailed mermaid masthead, the deck with windowed aft cabin and canopied stern mounted with sailors loading further cannons, the three masts with billowing sails flat-chased with coats-of-arms and topped by crows' nests and flying pennants, gilt interior, marked on rim of deck
    321⁄2 in. (82.5 cm.) high
    168 oz. 4 dwt. (5,231 gr.)
    Provenance
    The Victor Niederhoffer Collection of Trophy and Presentation Silver; Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1998, lot 164.
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