Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2538BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2011 11:00AM
Description:
Two Inlaid and Carved Wood Nautical Wall Plaques, America, 19th and 20th century, a relief carved mahogany plaque commemorating the three-masted Down Easter clipper the H.B. Hyde, with a spreadwing eagle, skull and crossbones, and cannon, above a life preserver inscribed "HENRY B. HYDE" and "BATH. MAINE," centered with a view of the vessel and lighthouse, flanked by flower blossoms and flags, (shrinkage crack),9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in., a rectangular plaque with two inlaid schooners and lettering "FREDERIC HOWES JUNE 25 1842," 9 x 24 in.
Estimate $400-600