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Dear Colleagues - thank you all for your enormous help. Once having the name of Bocock & Co, it has opened up a lot more information, including a link to a Polish shipping company whose website holds copies of numerous original ships lantern catalogues, including those of Bocock & Co -...
Thanks Janice for your message. I had already contacted Bonhams but they were not able to help - their specialist in this area has left, and they were not able to add to the headline info that was shown for that auction item. Since posting the forum question, I've been referred to a specialist...
Good morning,
I am trying to discover the background to the manufacture of an antique ships lantern (many similar items are shown on the web) owned by a relative in the US. The lamp bears a maker's mark of 'Seahorse GB #9065' with a separate label 'Not Under Command'.
In my online research, I...