a wooden rigged model of a dutch cargo ship or galjoot

BY GER VAN BENTEN

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a wooden rigged model of a dutch cargo ship or galjoot
By Ger van Benten
Scale 1:40, with bound masts, yards, standing and running rigging and full suit of stitched sails, anchors with bound stocks, catheads, bitts, belaying rails and pins, bell and canopy, windlass, canvas covered hatch, bilge pump, capstan, deck rails, companionway, aft helmsmans shelter, tiller, rudder and much other detailing, finished in brown, green and red - stand
61cm. x 66cm.

Lot Essay

This type of cargo ship was developed in the 17th Century to call at the ports of Northern Europe as a regular barge, an improvement to the then common smacks or boeiers. It could be handled by a crew of only 8 to 11 men and was a swift sailer

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