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A late 19th Century builder's half block model of a single screw cargo ship, probably a proposal
With deck details including capstan, ventilators, navigation light, hatches, cut-away masts and funnel, deck houses with inked panels, doors and windows, engine room lights, deck lights and other details. The hull finished in pink, black and varnish (some crazing, some blemishes) and mounted on a mahogany back board for wall hanging lettered : 'Tons Gross 1660, I.H.P. 1500, Built & Engined by J.A. & Geo Thomson Glasgow' -- 15 x 80in. (40 x 203.3cm.)
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With deck details including capstan, ventilators, navigation light, hatches, cut-away masts and funnel, deck houses with inked panels, doors and windows, engine room lights, deck lights and other details. The hull finished in pink, black and varnish (some crazing, some blemishes) and mounted on a mahogany back board for wall hanging lettered : 'Tons Gross 1660, I.H.P. 1500, Built & Engined by J.A. & Geo Thomson Glasgow' -- 15 x 80in. (40 x 203.3cm.)
See illustration