Details
A DETAILED WATERLINE DISPLAY MODEL OF THE M.Y. 'SONA' R.Y.S.
AND A QUANTITY OF MEMORABILIA
originally built by Camper & Nicholson 1922
With masts and some rigging, anchors, anchor davits, fairleads, bollards, winch, ventilators, deck rails, companionways, hatches, deck lights, superstructure with open bridge with binnacle, two helms, passenger accommodation with outlined doors and windows, funnel, four ship's boats of various types and other details, finished in white and varnish with a buff funnel and mounted on a painted seascape (some old damage) display base (glazed cover missing);
- five photographs of the yacht taken at different times, one dated 1936 and one framed and glazed;
- two blueprints of the accommodation plan of Sona;
- a Royal auction bridge case stamped with initials and dated 'Sona' February 1929;
- a mahogany metal-lined cigar and cigarette box by Benson & Hedges, the top with brass plate, engraved 'LORD CAMROSE M.Y. SONA';
- a brass maker's plate cast 'NO. 307 "SONA R.Y.S." DESIGNED AND BUILT BY CAMPER AND NICHOLSON LTD SOUTHAMPTON 1922';
- a leather gambling chips case, stamped 'SONA';
- a mahogany bedside table, with rectangular tray top, a door and turned legs, with a silvered plaque engraved 'M.Y. SONA DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION WORLD WAR II 1939-1945 TABLE FROM OWNER'S STATEROOM', 18½ in. (47 cm.) wide
- an oak sarcophagus dovetailed box, the top incised 'SONA', 9¾ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
- six ashtrays and nine matchbox holders, each engraved 'Sona' and enamelled with the Royal Yacht Squadron Burgee
10¼ x 28¼in. (26 x 71.7cm.)
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