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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  203
• Lot Description:
  Artist Unknown
  Serica
  watercolour
  27 x 34cm
• Notes:
  The Serica Clipper Was Built In 1863 By Robert Steele & Co., At Greenock On The South Bank Of The Clyde, Scotland, For James Findlay For The China Tea Trade. The Clippers Were Large, Square-Rigged Three Or Four Mast Ships Built For Speed. She Won The Annual Tea Race In 1864 And Made A Fortune For Her Owners By Bringing The First Cargo Of Tea To Britain That Year, And Demanding Enormous Prices. Unfortunately, A Few Years Later, Having Left Hong Kong En Route To Uruguay, She Was Wrecked On The Parcel Islands In The South China Sea On The 3Rd Of November 1872. Of The Crew Of 23, There Was One Survivor.
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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