A fine and detailed 1:24 scale static display model of the stern wheel river paddle steamer Guru (1882)

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A fine and detailed 1:24 scale static display model of the stern wheel river paddle steamer Guru (1882)
modelled by C. Emery with upper and lower decks, the upper with glazed wheelhouse, awning, navigation lamps and stove pipe, helm with chains, rods and cranks to twin rudders, deck and engine room lights, ladder and lifebelts, the lower deck with anchor with anchor davit and winch, glazed deckhouses, deckrails, life boat in davits with bottom boards, thwarts and oars, deck rings, firebuckets, bollards, coaling shute covers and other details. Power plant details include locomotive type boiler with chimney and whistle, fire door, lagged pipework, valves and safety valves mounted on an iron bedplate, twin horizontal cylinder longstroke engine, stern paddle wheel and other details. The hull, carved from the solid, is finished in brown and cream with a planked and varnished deck -- 19 x 50in. (48.2 x 127cm.) Carry box
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COLLECTION AND STORAGE CHARGES

This lot must be cleared by 1.00 p.m. on the Friday following the sale. If it is not cleared, it will be removed to the warehouse of:-
Cadogan Tate Fine Art Removals Limited
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Lot Essay

Guru is a typical example of the stern wheel paddle steamers exported in their hundreds to Far Eastern destinations in the Ninteenth Century. Originally 50½" long with an 11" beam, they were built on the Clyde and shipped in 'kit' form, to be assembled on arrival at Rangoon. Her original prototype was owned by the Irrawadi Flotilla Company and operated on the Chindwin River.

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