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A fine early 19th Century French Prisoner of War small scale boxwood model of a Royal Navy 74-gun frigate
with bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, boom, standing and running rigging with blocks, carved figurehead, hair rails, catheads, anchors, belaying rails, stove pips, well deck with ballustrade, deck lights, companionways, deck house, armament overall and other details. The hull with rudder, stern gallery, chain plates and deadeyes, is finished in 'copper' below the waterline, black, white and 'gold' and is mounted on two carved bone cradles on painted strawwork base, secured within a modern wood bound glazed case (restoration overall). Measurements overall -- 8½ x 10 x 6in. (21.5 x 25.5 x 15.2cm.)
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with bound masts, yards with stun's'l booms, boom, standing and running rigging with blocks, carved figurehead, hair rails, catheads, anchors, belaying rails, stove pips, well deck with ballustrade, deck lights, companionways, deck house, armament overall and other details. The hull with rudder, stern gallery, chain plates and deadeyes, is finished in 'copper' below the waterline, black, white and 'gold' and is mounted on two carved bone cradles on painted strawwork base, secured within a modern wood bound glazed case (restoration overall). Measurements overall -- 8½ x 10 x 6in. (21.5 x 25.5 x 15.2cm.)
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