A finely restored mainly early 19th century bone, ivory and horn model of a 70-gun second rate, with bound masts, spars with stun's'l booms, standing and running rigging with scale blocks, carved female figurehead, hair rails, anchors, catheads, capstan, bitts, belaying rails and pins, balustrading, deck rings and two ship's boats with thwarts in chocks, the planked and pinned hull has open gun ports and finely carved and decorated stern and quarter windows. Mounted on two bone supports, display base and glazed case with legend referring to H.M.S. 'Audacious' --10 x 15in (25.5 x 38cm)