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An extremely fine French prisoner-of-war boxwood model of a 100-gun man of war --
With bound masts, the lower fore and main fished to the front, yards with stun's'l booms, original hair rigging with scale blocks and crowsfeet, the jibboom with bound cheek and deck details including carved figurehead of Neptune, hair rails, anchors, catheads, belaying rails and pins, deck rings, capstan, stove pipes, upper deck guns in carriages, well deck with rails, ballustrading and two ship's bells, water barrels, companionway, poop deck with finely decorated ballustrade and five ship's boats with thwarts, three suspended from the rigging. The hull, with very finely carved stern and quarter galleries is finished in original green, black and white with very fine lining and decoration and mounted to the waterline in a simulated painted sea. Original oval rosewood base on four bun feet. Domed cover (later)
With bound masts, the lower fore and main fished to the front, yards with stun's'l booms, original hair rigging with scale blocks and crowsfeet, the jibboom with bound cheek and deck details including carved figurehead of Neptune, hair rails, anchors, catheads, belaying rails and pins, deck rings, capstan, stove pipes, upper deck guns in carriages, well deck with rails, ballustrading and two ship's bells, water barrels, companionway, poop deck with finely decorated ballustrade and five ship's boats with thwarts, three suspended from the rigging. The hull, with very finely carved stern and quarter galleries is finished in original green, black and white with very fine lining and decoration and mounted to the waterline in a simulated painted sea. Original oval rosewood base on four bun feet. Domed cover (later)