A  fine miniature scale model of the Solent fishing cutter Centipede
A fine miniature scale model of the Solent fishing cutter Centipede

BOBB TOMSETT

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A fine miniature scale model of the Solent fishing cutter Centipede
Bobb Tomsett
modeled in 1:96 scale, with built up wood hull, bright finished bottom, black topsides, planked deck and fitted with stove pipe, coils of line, cockpit, tiller, rudder, bowsprit, mast, boom, gaff, standing and running rigging and other details. Displayed on a small wood base and with a small plaque about the boat.
4 x 4¾ in. (10.2 x 12.1 cm.) model on stand.

Lot Essay

Centipede was designed and built by Dan Hatcher at Belvedere yard Northam, Southhampton, circa 1870.She had an LOA of 21ft and a Beam of 8ft.

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