A UNION JACK FLOWN FROM HMS SPARTIATE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 21 OCTOBER 1805

Lot 25
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1450955
Lot 25 | A UNION JACK FLOWN FROM HMS SPARTIATE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 21 OCTOBER 1805
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
A UNION JACK FLOWN FROM HMS SPARTIATE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 21 OCTOBER 1805
A yard- or shipboard-hand-stitched wool-bunting flag, comprised of thirty-one bunting panels with canvas sleeve and lanyard, on an archival muslin backing
91 1/3in. (232cm.) x 138 ½in. (352cm.)




Provenance

Captain James Clephan R.N. (1768-1851),
Thence by descent until sold Charles Miller Ltd, London, 21 October 2009, lot 54 (£396,800).
Acquired from the above by Benjamin Reed Zaricor (1947-2022) for the Zaricor Flag Collection.



Exhibited

24th International Congress of Vexillology and 45th annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association. Washington, DC & Alexandria, VA, 31 July - 6 August 2011.
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