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Lot 171 · British and Continental Pictures

Shipping in a calm, early morning

Bernard Benedict Hemy

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Estimate
£400–£600 hammer ≈ $603–$905
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — British and Continental Pictures , London (South Kensington) · 15 June 2000
Record ID
TB-2026-6128564
Record
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Bernard Benedict Hemy, Shipping in a calm, early morning. Christie's, 15 Jun 2000, lot 171. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6128564.

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From the same sale British and Continental Pictures · Jun 2000

LotArtistEstimateResult
Willam Leuchars Overstricking That of Alexander Crichton, London, 1881 A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS CLARET JUG IN THE FORM OF A SEAL $7,000–$10,000
London, 1918, Maker's Mark of C & R Co for Mappin & Webb A GEORGE V SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS CLARET JUG $3,000–$5,000
Paris, Circa 1845, Maker's Mark J.m A PAIR OF FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS CLARET JUGS $3,500–$4,500
Bruckmann & Sohne, Heilbronn, Germany, Post-1888 A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS CLARET JUGS $3,000–$5,000
1845, Maker's Mark Probably That of Alexander Kittner, Vienna AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FROSTED GLASS CLARET JUG $5,000–$7,000
Charles Edwards, London, 1885 A Victorian Silver-mounted Glass Claret Jug $2,000–$3,000

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Bernard Benedict Hemy Shipping on an estuary $1,334 Bonhams, Apr 2016
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Bernard Benedict Hemy A busy day on the Tyne (illustrated); and Working tugs on th Christie's, Nov 2008
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