a well detailed static display model of the american steam yacht corsair (1890)

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a well detailed static display model of the american steam yacht corsair (1890)
With masts and booms, standing and running rigging, anchors, anchor davits, winch, deck lights, panelled deck houses, with doors and windows, deck rails, companionways, deck lights, open bridge with telegraphs, binnacle and helm, ventilators, stayed funel, with safety valve, extension rails and pins, panelled bulwarks, aft helm and binnacle and five ship's boats in davits, with interior fittings, as appropriate, and other details. The hull finished in black, green and matt-varnish, is mounted on two turned brass columns in inlaid mahogany framed glazed case and table
149.5 x 136cm. overall

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The Corsair was the first of several steam yachts, bearing the name of Corsair, owned by J. Pierpont Morgan. During the World War I she served inthe U.S. Navy as the USS Gloucester. She was wrecked in a hurricane in 1919.

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