A Model Of The Steam Yacht CORSAIR (III)

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

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A Model Of The Steam Yacht CORSAIR (III)
Anonymous; American, 20th century.
A solid hull model with black painted topsides, green bottom and a copper waterline. The deck of the model is planked in mahogany and is fitted with numerous details which include: jackstaff, anchor davits, anchors, anchor windlass, bollards, deck plates, skylights, cabin structures, search lights, deck railings, ship's wheel, binnacle, engine telegraphs, ladders, ventilators, funnel, signal cannons, five ship's boats on davits, gangway, docking wheel, flagstaff, propeller, and many other details. The model is displayed on two brass pedestals and displayed in a glass case with brass trim, mahogany base and stand.
49¾ x 13 x 55½ in. (126.4 x 33 x 141 cm.) cased dimensions on stand. (2)

Lot Essay

Known as THE Steam Yacht, Corsiar III was designed by the master of the graceful line J. Beavor-Webb and built by T. S. Marvel with the finest job of plating known. The beautiful sheer of her shining black hull, her gilded figurehead and trailboards, and the superb shape of her clipper bow, among other aspects, made her the ideal of a yacht, majestic as well as graceful from any angle. J. Pierpont Morgan owned her exclusively, not only in summers as a floating home near New York, but for commuting to and from his estate on the Hudson River. He often took her to Europe as well, as Mr. Morgan had several homes there. When the United States declared war, J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. turned her over to the Navy, where she was fitted with guns depth charges, and ammunition storage. Eventually, Mr. Morgan ordered a new Corsair (4th), so in 1930 the grand old lady was given to the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, and renamed Oceanographer. She was decommissioned on Sept. 21, 1944, and in accordance with Mr. Morgans conditions was scrapped late in 1944.

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