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Group of Nautical Ephemera
4/12/2014 - Americana: Live Salesroom Auction
An assembled group of nautical ephemera, including a bronze doorstop of a three-masted ship, a
Jefferson Island Salt
advertising bronze bust on a milk glass stand, a tin lithographed wall pocket of a sailor (used to hold matches), and a brass gimbaled oil lamp with plate for wall mounting. Lamp marked
Perko
; door stop 9.5 x 11.75 in.
Provenance:
From the Estate of Kenneth Erwin, Portland, Michigan
Sold: $60.00
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