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A Napoleonic Prisoner of War Model Of A Second Rate Ship Of The Line
ANONYMOUS; CA. 1800
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A Napoleonic Prisoner of War Model Of A Second Rate Ship Of The Line
Anonymous; ca. 1800
A very fine model of a British ship of the line. The hull of the model is built up with a wood core and planked with bone to the waist, the waist and strakes are planked in baleen, and the decks are planked in bone. All of the planking is held in place with copper pins. The quarter galleries are carved, pierced and backed with blue tinted windows. The transom has two balconies, and are carved and pierced with similar details as the quarter galleries. The surrounding area to the transom is a polychromed floral pattern. The model is fitted with numerous details which are fashioned in metal, wood and bone. These include: a polychromed figurehead, anchors with bone stocks, fife rails, balconies, water barrels, windlass, deck rings, deck grating over hatches, ships boat swung out over stern on davits, rudder and numerous other details. The model is well rigged with standing and running rigging. The rigging is probably later 19th century. The masts are of bone and the lower masts are bound with gold rings. The lower spars are fitted with stun'sail booms. The model is mounted on simple mahogany keel feet and is displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base.
26 x 11 x 16¾ in.(66.1 x 27.9 x 42.6 cm.) Model in case.
Anonymous; ca. 1800
A very fine model of a British ship of the line. The hull of the model is built up with a wood core and planked with bone to the waist, the waist and strakes are planked in baleen, and the decks are planked in bone. All of the planking is held in place with copper pins. The quarter galleries are carved, pierced and backed with blue tinted windows. The transom has two balconies, and are carved and pierced with similar details as the quarter galleries. The surrounding area to the transom is a polychromed floral pattern. The model is fitted with numerous details which are fashioned in metal, wood and bone. These include: a polychromed figurehead, anchors with bone stocks, fife rails, balconies, water barrels, windlass, deck rings, deck grating over hatches, ships boat swung out over stern on davits, rudder and numerous other details. The model is well rigged with standing and running rigging. The rigging is probably later 19th century. The masts are of bone and the lower masts are bound with gold rings. The lower spars are fitted with stun'sail booms. The model is mounted on simple mahogany keel feet and is displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base.
26 x 11 x 16¾ in.(66.1 x 27.9 x 42.6 cm.) Model in case.