ROBERT THOMPSON AND SONS, SUNDERLAND: A SHIP’S MODEL - S.S. MERVYN
35cm high x 110cm long, set with ivory specification plaque, contained in glazed mahogany case, 50cm high x 132cm long x 32cm deep
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset
thence by descent.
Sold with a handwritten receipt of purchase from Romain, Coleman & Co Solicitors, Walthamstow for
£350 dated 30.04.72.
Ivory submission reference: 8C6MDJ8J
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£8,000 - £10,000
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Hammer price:
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£8,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: S.S. Mervyn was built by R. Thompson & Sons of Sunderland in 1924, weight 3402 tons and 337 ft long. She was owned by Martyn, Martyn & Co, Cardiff. She sank after a collision with S.S. Langleeford on 01.11.39 10 miles south east of the Smalls Lighthouse whilst carrying a cargo of coal.
