拍品 121
121
A diorama of the schooner yacht America
A diorama of the schooner yacht America

细节
A diorama of the schooner yacht America
in a modeled sea under full sail and detailed with trailboards, anchors, skylights, sails, standing and running rigging, capstan, companionway, cockpit, tiller, figures on deck and other details. Set in a brass bound glass case with a mahogany base.
30 x 48 in. (76.2 x 122 cm.) cased. (2)

拍品专文

The first contest for the America's Cup was sponsored by the Royal Squadron in 1851. Members of the New York Yacht Club competed in the race with the 170-ton schooner America, which sailed against 14 yachts from the Royal Yacht Squadron in a race around the Isle of Wight. America won the prize, a silver cup. In 1857 the cup was presented to the New York Yacht Club, to be held as a world trophy; thereafter it became known as the America's Cup.