Lot Essay
It is thought this model was probably made during the visit of the Constitution to Le Havre in 1878-9.
![A 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF ['LA'] CONSTITUTION](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2003/CSK/2003_CSK_09743_0178_000(064529).jpg?w=1)
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A 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF ['LA'] CONSTITUTION
with masts, yards with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging, fiddle-end prow, head rails, catheads with anchors, belaying rails and pins, companionways, capstan, grating, guns in carriages and other details. The carved hull with chain plates and deadeyes, protruding cannons, quarter and stern lights, transom board with name inscribed LA CONSTITUTION and rudder is finished in black, white and varnish (restoration) -- 28¾ x 39¾in. (73 x 101cm.) Stand
See illustration
with masts, yards with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging, fiddle-end prow, head rails, catheads with anchors, belaying rails and pins, companionways, capstan, grating, guns in carriages and other details. The carved hull with chain plates and deadeyes, protruding cannons, quarter and stern lights, transom board with name inscribed LA CONSTITUTION and rudder is finished in black, white and varnish (restoration) -- 28¾ x 39¾in. (73 x 101cm.) Stand
See illustration
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