A builder's mirror back half model of the collier S.S 'Betswood' built 1936 by W.M.Pilkersgill & Sons, Sunderland with mast and rigging, anchor, winch, ventilators, deck rails, rope drums, companionways, hatches, superstructure with wheel house and open bridge with telegraph, binnacle, deck lights, stayed funnel with two hooters, safety valve extension pipes and ladder, engine room lights, four boats in davits with bottom boards , thwarts and gratings and many other details, the hull finished in brown and black with white hatches and upperworks (paint flaking in places) and painted deck fittings mahogany glazed case -- 13¾ x 39¼.in. (34.5 x 99.5 cm.)
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A builder's mirror back half model of the collier S.S 'Betswood' built 1936 by W.M.Pilkersgill & Sons, Sunderland with mast and rigging, anchor, winch, ventilators, deck rails, rope drums, companionways, hatches, superstructure with wheel house and open bridge with telegraph, binnacle, deck lights, stayed funnel with two hooters, safety valve extension pipes and ladder, engine room lights, four boats in davits with bottom boards , thwarts and gratings and many other details, the hull finished in brown and black with white hatches and upperworks (paint flaking in places) and painted deck fittings mahogany glazed case -- 13¾ x 39¼.in. (34.5 x 99.5 cm.)
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