Lot Essay
cf. The Colonial Schooner 1763-75 by H. Harn, published by Conway Maritime Press Ltd.
Details
A boxwood and sycamore fully rigged partially planked 1/4:1ft scale model of the Royal Naval schooner 'Sultana' of circa 1768 built by H.R. Snape -- 19½ x 25in.(49.5 x 63.5cm)
With masts, spars, standing and running rigging, deck details including anchor, bound wooden stock, catheads, windlass, bitts, gratings, hatch, companionway, bilge pumps, deck rails, swivel guns and tiller, the hull with deck beams and reefs, stern and quarter lights. Finished in matt varnish and black and mounted on two turned columns. Glazed case
With masts, spars, standing and running rigging, deck details including anchor, bound wooden stock, catheads, windlass, bitts, gratings, hatch, companionway, bilge pumps, deck rails, swivel guns and tiller, the hull with deck beams and reefs, stern and quarter lights. Finished in matt varnish and black and mounted on two turned columns. Glazed case