RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO, STOCKTON: A SHIP’S MODEL - S.S. BURBRIDGE/S.S. BURCOMBE
the single model depicting sister ships, approximately 50cm high x 132cm long x 32cm deep, set with twin ivory specification plaques, contained in a glazed mahogany case with turned and fluted pillars, 47cm high x 143cm wide x 42cm 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.
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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.
Ivory submission reference: VSV4RB5N
Note: This model depicts two sister ships, neither of which survived for long. Both weighed 3505 tons gross and were built by Richardson, Duck & Co for Burdick & Cook, managers of the Burcombe Steam Navigation Company.
SS Burbridge (no. 614) was launched in 1912 and wrecked on the Almadi Reef on a voyage from Beira to London on 29.12.14
SS Burcombe (no. 631) was launched in 1913 and torpedoed in 1915.
