July 8th & 10th 2016 Premier Militaria Sale *Las Vegas* (63)
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/9/2016
Comprised of: 1) Pair of wooden bookends with escutcheon reading: This Material was taken from/ the original Hull of the /U.S. Frigate Constitution/Keel aid 1794 Rebuilding 1927. 2) Wooden candlestick, turned, with brass escutcheon reading: H.M.S. Ganges/Later Tenedos III Indus V and Impregnable III/Built at Bombay, 1821/Broken up at Plymouth, 1930/The last Sailing Ship to Serve/As Seagoing Flagship/Monomark BGM Oketub London.W.C.1/World Address. 3" tall. 3) Pair of bronze bookends in the form of a ship's wheel. Legend at bottom reads: This Material was taken from the U.S. Frigate Constitution, 1927. 4) Model wooden cannon with brass escutcheon reading: Model Cannon Made in the/ Castle Workshops from/Ancient Oak Roof Timber/Recalling the Three year/ Seige of Skipton Castle in the Civil War [British] 1642-1645/No. 161/250. All showing light storage wear. No. 1 with a broken cascabel, needing repair.