A Scale Model Of The Great Lakes Schooner LUCIA A. SIMPSON

S. PINNEY; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

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A Scale Model Of The Great Lakes Schooner LUCIA A. SIMPSON
S. Pinney; American, 20th century.
A full hull model built up in plank on frame construction with walnut planks on the hull, deck and cabin tops which have been stained a dark mahogany. The bulwark is built up on posts and most of the mid-section at the sheer line has been left open to release deck wash. The model is well detailed with: anchor, chocks, coils of line, hawse pipe, windlass, pin and fife railes, deck hatches (painted white), bell (in brass), bilge pump, barrels, ship's wheel, davits, a partial drop centerboard (of brass), and numerous other details. The model is well rigged with three masts, standing and running rigging, spreaders, tops, booms and gaffs, and other rigging details. The model is mounted on a pair of brass pedestals, and displayed in a glass case with brass trim and a mahogany base.
45 x 13¾ x 30 in.(114.3 x 34.9 x 76.2 cm.)

Lot Essay

The LUCIA A. SIMPSON was a Great Lakes Lumber Schooner, was typical of ships of her time and had the distinction to be one of the last of the lumber schooners to sail on Lake Michigan. She was built in 1875 by Rand and Burger of Manitowac, Wisconsin. She measured 127 feet on deck and had a beam of 28 feet. After surviving a gale in 1929 off Algoma on Lake Michigan she was towed to Sturgeon Bay for repairs. It was there that she ended her career when a fire swept through the shipyard destroying her.

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