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A WELL-PRESENTED STATIC-DISPLAY MODEL OF THE U.S.N. PROTECTED CRUISER OLYMPIA (1895)
with masts, rigging, anchors, companionways, main and secondary armament, deck rails, superstructure with wheelhouse with binnacle and over, two funnels with safety valve extension pipes, assorted ship's boats in davits and chocks, ventilators, engine room lights and other details. The hull with wooden deck, painted crest, torpedo tubes, portholes, sponson guns, boarding companionways, twin shafts with three-blade propellers and rudder, is finished in red below the waterline, grey and natural wood and mounted on two turned brass columns on raised marble base within wood-bound glazed case with legend -- 15½ x 24in. (39 x 61cm.)
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with masts, rigging, anchors, companionways, main and secondary armament, deck rails, superstructure with wheelhouse with binnacle and over, two funnels with safety valve extension pipes, assorted ship's boats in davits and chocks, ventilators, engine room lights and other details. The hull with wooden deck, painted crest, torpedo tubes, portholes, sponson guns, boarding companionways, twin shafts with three-blade propellers and rudder, is finished in red below the waterline, grey and natural wood and mounted on two turned brass columns on raised marble base within wood-bound glazed case with legend -- 15½ x 24in. (39 x 61cm.)
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