Fish figurehead ('Dolphin')
This polychrome fish-head, protruding below a damaged scroll carving is traditionally known on Tresco as the ‘Dolphin’ and – despite its rather more 'fishy' appearance – may come from a vessel of that name, of which there were many in the 19th century. However nothing else has been recorded and no ‘Dolphin’ is known to have been wrecked on the Isles of Scilly.
Object Details
ID: | FHD0038 |
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Collection: | Figureheads |
Type: | Figurehead |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 19th century |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Valhalla Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 1219 mm x x 571 mm |
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