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A detailed display model of the steam yacht Niagara
Anonymous (American, 20th century)
A large scale model built up in solid hull construction with white painted topsides a gold waterline and a green bottom. The fore deck of the model is mahogany veneer which has been scored to simulate deck planking and is fitted with numerous details which include: hand rails, bollards, anchors, coils of line, ladders, anchor windlass, deck hatches, companionway, running lights, binnacle, search light, ship's wheel, ventilators, funnel, 8 ship's boats rigged on davits, port holes on hull and on cabin tops, skylights, docking wheel, flagstaff, propeller and more. The model is rigged with three masts in a barkentine configuration with standing and running rigging, cross spars, stun'sail booms, gaffs and other rigging details. The model is displayed on two brass pedestals in a mahogany framed glass case and stand.
63 x 19¼ x 60¼ in. (160 x 48.9 x 153 cm.) cased dimensions on stand.
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