Jewellery, 19th/20th Century Design & Ceramics

RARE LARGE OSBORNE PLAQUE - THE DEATH OF NELSON an unusually large ivorex plaque by Osborne of Faversham, the three dimensional coloured plaque titled The Death of Nelson on board the Victory at Trafalgar, October 21, 1805, 'Thank God I have done my duty'. With a cushion mount and in it's original ebonised frame. Frame 62cms by 49cms, Plaque 44cms by 31cms *This plaque may have been produced in 1905 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Nelson's death. These large plaques were only produced in small numbers and they appear rarely in auction.