Details
A WATERLINE MODEL OF THE S.S. "UNITED STATES", possibly built by Van Ryper, details include masts and rigging, anchor, bollards, deck rails, derricks and deck winches, companionways, bridge telegraphs, navigation lights, search light, lifeboats in davits, flagstaff, applied wood windows, grommet portholes, white tape waterline, finished in United States Lines livery, and mounted on a wooden base centering a blue fabric ground, the glazed case framed by silver painted wood--9 2/3 x 40½in. (24.5 x 102.8)
Provenance
Marine Paintings, Ship Models and Martime Objects From the Collection of The Seamen's Church Institute of New York, Christie's East, February 12, 1985, lot 305