A Scale Model of the Merchant Brig Newsboy

LEONARD BRAINSKY, C.M.M.S. (AMERICAN, BORN 1925)

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A Scale Model of the Merchant Brig Newsboy
Leonard Brainsky, C.M.M.S. (American, born 1925)
this fine scale model is built up in plank over solid construction. The hull and the deck planking is held in place with pins and are finished bright with a deft varnish. There is an inlaid ebony sheer stripe running along the upper part of the hull. The deck of the model is planked in mahogany and is fitted with a number of details which include: anchor windlass, pin & fife rails, belaying pins, cabin tops, hatches, skylight, ships wheel, wheel house, rudder, etc. The model is rigged with two masts, a bowsprit and standing and running rigging turning blocks, deadeyes, ratlines, and other details. The model is mounted on a pair of wooden cradles and displayed in a glass case.
24 x 9¾ x 18¾ in. (61 x 24.8 x 47.6 cm.) cased dimensions.
Built in 1996

Lot Essay

Newsboy is a well-known merchant brigantine of 1854 designed in Boston by Dennison J. Lawler in the second half of the 19th century. Owned by Danby & Cunningham Company of Boston, Mass., she was built in Owls Head, Maine by Capt. Elisha Brown. The 290-ton ship was launched in June 1854. Her length was 111' and she had a beam of 27' with a draft of 11'. She engaged in the "Triangular Trade", shipping wine, oil, and fruits from the Mediterranean to the West Indies and returning to New England with sugar, molasses and rum. She was a very fast and profitable vessel for her day.

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