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369. SAILOR’S WOOLWORK WITH INCORPORATED TINTYPE, circa 1870, no doubt intended as a memento to be presented to the mother or sweetheart of the creator, the embroidered panel centers the portrait of an unidentified sailor smiling forth from a lozenge shaped window, flanked by flags of nations and surmounted by a frigate sailing a calm, deep blue sea, all set within a large curtained proscenium; with gilt slip in a bird’s eye maple frame. 13 ½ in. x 20 ¼ in. Overall 17 ½ in. x 24 ¼ in. 370. BRITISH SAILOR’S WOOLWORK PORTRAIT OF A MAN-O-WAR, 19 th century, depicting a square rigged warship seen from the portside with filled sails on a wavy sea, all within a circular reserve, surmounted by the royal crown and flanked by flags of nations, flower sprigs of thistle and rose and flower filled urns fill the spandrels, with gilt slip in rosewood frame. 16 ½ in. x 24 ½ in. 165 Rafael Osona Auctions