A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (IV)

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A static display model of the steam yacht Corsair (IV)
the hull painted with a dark red bottom, green waterline, black topsides with inset brass port holes and a gold cove stripe. The deck is planked in mahogany and is fitted with numerous details which include: jackstaff, bollards, ventilators, anchors, chocks, companionways, cabins and superstructures, bridge with binnacle and engine telegraphs, skylights, deck railings, benches, wheel, flagstaff, funnel painted buff color, gangway, six ships boats and launches rigged on davits, masts, canopy frames and other details. Displayed on a pair of brass pedestals, within a glass case with a mahogany base and frame, on a matching stand.
57 x 56½ in. (144.8 x 143.5 cm.) cased on stand.

Lot Essay

Corsair was built by Bath Iron Works in 1930, the fourth of the Corsairs, it replaced Corsair (III) after 31 years of service. Owned by J.P. Morgan Jr., she was the crown at the end of the steam yacht era. After only ten years of use she was turned over to the British Navy for service during World War II. After the war she was completely overhauled and outfitted as a deluxe cruise ship for service on the West Coast. She was first wrecked, then beached off the harbor of Acapulco in 1949.

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