A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (IV)

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A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (IV)
a solid hull model with black painted topsides, dark red bottom, green waterline and a gold cove stripe. The model has a mahogany planked deck and is fitted with numerous details which include: jackstaff, bollards, ventilators, anchors, chocks, companionways, cabins and superstructures, bridge with binnacle and engine telegraphs, skylights, deck railings, benches, wheel, flagstaff, funnel painted buff color, gangway, six ships boats and launches rigged on davits, masts, and many other details. The model is mounted on a pair of brass pedestals, and displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base and frame, on a mahogany stand.
56¼ x 16 x 57¼ in. (142.9 x 40.6 x 145.3 cm.) cased on stand

Lot Essay

Corsair was built by Bath Iron Works in 1930, the fourth of the CORSAIRS, it replaced Corsair(III) after 31 years of service. Owned by J.P. Morgan Jr., she was the crown at the end of the steam yacht era. After only ten years of use she was turned over to the British Navy for service during World War II. After the war she was completely overhauled and outfitted as a deluxe cruise ship for service on the West Coast. She was first wrecked, then beached off the harbor of Acapulco in 1949.

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