Model Of The Clipper Ship SUNBEAM

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, CA. 1910

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Model Of The Clipper Ship SUNBEAM
Anonymous; American, ca. 1910
A very fine scratch built model with the hull built up in plank on frame construction from mahogany. The hull planking is held in place with small nails, and the hull is finished with a varnish finish. The deck is made up from eight separate pieces of mahogany which has been scored to represent planking. The center section of the deck is removeable. The deck of the model is fitted with a number of deck fixtures and fittings which include: bollards and windlasses (modeled in brass), deck hatches, companionways, skylights, anchors, ships wheel, ship's boats on davits, bilge pump, and other details. The model is fitted with three masts, also of mahogany, and rigged with standing and running rigging. The model is displayed on a pair of brass pedestals, and is displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base and trim.
59½ x 19¼ x 37½ in. (151 x 48.9 x 95.2 cm.) cased dimensions.

Lot Essay

Sunbeam, a medium clipper ship was built in 1845 in Medford and was owned by Mr. Augustus Hemenway, one of Boston's most influential merchants. She sailed primarily to the west coast of South America, where Mr. Hemenway was engaged in trade. Captain George W. Putnam was the most prominent of her masters, making a number of fast passages aboard this ship.

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