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Framed watercolour of 15 metre class yachts

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
Framed watercolour of 15 metre class yachts racing in the solent, with Sonya leading the fleet. Signed J James.

The international 15 metre class yacht Sonya was designed by Herreshoff for Mrs Turner-Farley of Cornwall and competed against such yachts as Oyana, Maumon, Britomat and the Alfred Milne designed Ma'Oona and these may well be among the other yachts depicted in this painting.

The class was one of those that made up the 'Big Racing yachts' of the period and were designed by the leading names of the period such as Milne, Erreshoff, Nicholson and Watson.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	1920-1949
Creation Date:	1920
Styles / Movements:	Other
Incollect Reference #:	278031

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art

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