A very fine pearwood and boxwood model of a three masted Italian barque by Boucher MFG., Co., circa 1900, presented to the New York Yacht Club by Lord Phoenix, Esq., 1906

PROPERTY FROM THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB SOLD TO BENEFIT THE COLLECTIONS FUND

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A very fine pearwood and boxwood model of a three masted Italian barque by Boucher MFG., Co., circa 1900, presented to the New York Yacht Club by Lord Phoenix, Esq., 1906
with polychrome figure head, hawse pipes, rigging, blocks, anchors with capstan, brass shackles and chain, winches, bilge pump, deck hatches, masts, cotton sails, reef lines, fire buckets, ladders, stove pipes, boarding ladder, boarding gangway, launches, deck house, binnacle. Other details include the copper-plated bottom (the copper plates held in place with miniature rivets), the ends of all the rigging is properly served and seized, the various doors to the companionways are hinged and working. The launch on the port side is rigged in the davits and is fully fitted with oars, seats, floor boards and other details; on the starboard side the launch is absent as if she had been lowered and away with the gangway lowered. The gangway is complete with rope hand rails, hinges and grating. The model is rigged with a full set of sails which are intact and in excellent condition. The sails are probably made of Egyptian cotton and have reefing lines, bolt ropes and stitched panels.
87½ x 57in. (222.2 x 144.8cm.), barque; 90 x 62½in. (228 x 158.7cm.), case; and, 25½in high, table

Lot Essay

H.E. Boucher & Co. was one of the primary model builders for the NYYC. Boucher Mfg. Co. originally started as a naval architecture firm in NYC and, by the turn of the century, developed into one of the premier model building companies in the world. They employed over 100 people at the peak of their business and were only to be rivaled by Bassett-Lowke of the United Kingdom in size, quality and quantity of production. Aside from building scale presentation ship models, they also produced model trains, carriages, live steam engines and some very fine kits. In addition to the NYYC they built models for many instituitons and yacht clubs, including the Smithsonian Institute.

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