Lot 55 | Period Oak
Country Furniture & Effects June 2021 | Wilkinsons Auctioneers Doncaster

Lot 55

An Early 19th Century Rigger’s Serving Mallet, dated 1809. The carved wooden hand mallet used on board sailing ships for passing a ‘serving’ round a rope. The turned handle surmounted by a carved lion sejant bearing a shield inscribed HMS LION (A 64 gun ship, built Portsmouth Dockyard, Launched 1777, Broken up Nov 1837) The demi-lune head inscribed with owner’s name Joseph Miller and date 1809, 12” (30 cm) in length.

Sold for: £150

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Description

An Early 19th Century Rigger’s Serving Mallet, dated 1809. The carved wooden hand mallet used on board sailing ships for passing a ‘serving’ round a rope. The turned handle surmounted by a carved lion sejant bearing a shield inscribed HMS LION (A 64 gun ship, built Portsmouth Dockyard, Launched 1777, Broken up Nov 1837) The demi-lune head inscribed with owner’s name Joseph Miller and date 1809, 12” (30 cm) in length.