Herresho boat jewellery

Much like varnish, we’d caution against using anchors in any marine environment, and here’s one I certainly wouldn’t want to get wet. As well as drafting the fastest yachts in the world, Nathanael Greene Herresho© (1848-1938) also applied himself to reengineering the humble admiralty-type anchor into an object of desire. Produced in lustrous and costly bronze, you’d be devastated if you lost this early-20th-century 26in (63cm) Herresho© stockless folding anchor, particularly as it was bought for a fairly hefty $812.

Eldred’s next marine sale:

4-5 August