A Model Of The Clipper Ship SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS

ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY

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A Model Of The Clipper Ship SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS
Anonymous; American, 20th century
A solid hull model with black painted topsides and a copper plated bottom. The deck of the model is planked in mahogany and is fitted with numerous details which include: anchors, bollards, capstan, pin and fife rails, ladders, bilge pumps, deck hatches, companionways, deck houses, barrels, ship's boats on the main cabin top and on davits on either side of the model, binnacle, ship's wheel boxed compass, coils of line, spare spars, and other fittings and details. The model is rigged with three masts, standing and running rigging, cross spars, stun'sail booms, gaff and boom for spanker sail, foot ropes among other rigged details. The model is mounted on a pair of brass pedestals, and displayed in a glass case with a mahogany base and frame on top of a mahogany stand.
46¼ x 19¼ x 63½ in. (117.4 x 48.8 x 161.3 cm.) cased dimensions on stand. (2)

Lot Essay

Built by King Charles I in 1637 as an expression of England's naval might, the Sovereign of Seas was larger, more powerful, and more expensive than any other ship of her time. She sailed with 800 men and her 104 guns could fire a broadside of more than a ton of metal. For sixty years no enemy could sink her; then a cook left a candle burning in his cabin and she was consumed by fire.

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