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Lot 676: A pair of lampworked glass ships in bottles representing the Santa Maria and the Golden Hind
A pair of decorative glass ships housed within clear glass bottles, each mounted on a wooden display base. The first ship represents the Santa Maria, constructed from lampworked clear glass with frosted glass sails. It is contained within a cylindrical clear glass bottle with a spherical glass stopper. The bottle sits on a dark-stained wooden cradle-style base. A rectangular gold-tone metal plaque on the front of the base is inscribed with the cursive text ‘Santa Maria’. The second ship represents the Golden Hind, featuring a clear glass hull and masts with amber-tinted glass sails. It is housed in a clear glass bottle and mounted on a tiered, ridged red-stained wooden base. A rectangular gold-tone metal plaque on the front of the base is inscribed with the cursive text ‘Golden Hind’.
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