A Greenwich Pensioner Sailor (Amputee)

 

Stock No: 000444

 

Height: 3.5 Inches / 9 cm

 

Reference: Possibly Unrecorded

 

Price: £350.00

 

A rare figure of a Greenwich pensioner sailor in a seated position. This is the top half of a figure which has been found to be sitting in a shoe (missing), forming a shoebox and cover. c1845. These trinket boxes may have been produced to help the Hospital fund. Picture of complete figure and shoe, courtesy of the SFA figure of the month, January 2018 (Private collection).

 

 

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