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402. BRITISH SAILOR’S WOOLWORK OF THE H.M.S. PYLADES, circa 1860, Richard Bailey, maker. This portrait
is inscribed on the reverse, Worked by my uncle Richard Bailey, Royal Navy, in 1860. Drowned in the Channel with a boat crew
endeavoring to save a comrade washed overboard. (Signed:) W. A. Bailey, Major. Faux grain rosewood frame with gilt slip.
12 in. x 18 ½ in. Overall 16 in. x 22 ½ in.
Note: An inscription and signature are rare elements of embroidered ship portraits. Pylades was a screw corvette built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1854
and served until sold in 1875.
403. GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST OF DRAWERS, 18 th century, with thumb-molded top above a
conforming case fitted with two short over two graduated long drawers with brass keyholes and oval bail handles; on shaped bracket
feet.
Height 33 ½ in. Width 36 in. Depth 20 ¼ in.
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