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TIPU SULTANS MECHANICAL TIGER c.1795
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Commisioned for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tipu Sultan's mechanical clock organ Tiger devouring a British East India Company Officer for sale in the V&A Museum Shop.
Tipu Sultan's Tiger Shipping Included Qty 1 Qty
Pair (2)		 +3 add per tiger
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Colonel Blimp Says ...

"A dam troublesome Sultan that Tipu but according to Great Grandfather Blimp a fine sense of humour - When I gaze at my mantelpiece It reminds me of my time in Bengal, Tiger hunting on my elephant with the memsahib - ahh those were the days"

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