Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
Glazed Ship Diorama, probably America, 19th/early 20th century, the diorama depicting a three-masted full-rigged ship with carved wooden sails, black painted hull with painted gun ports, a smaller cutter sailing in the foreground on a painted molded putty sea against a painted background panel with distant lighthouse, gold-painted carved and mitered wood frame, (some cracks to background panel),14 1/8 x 26 3/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200