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    London, South Kensington

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    13 May 1999

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    Lot 177

    A detailed rigged model of the armed topsail schooner Patriot

    Price realised

    GBP 978

    Estimate

    GBP 900 - GBP 1,200

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    A detailed rigged model of the armed topsail schooner Patriot
    with masts, yards, booms, standing and running rigging and flags showing capture from the American Navy by the Royal Navy and with anchors, gratings, deck rails, water barrels, whisker poles, long gun mounted on a slide with track and tackle, belaying rails and pins, bilge pump, deck house, deck lights, stove pipe, tiller and other details. The hull, copper sheathed to the waterline, finished in black and red and mounted on two brass columns -- 20 x 26in. (51 x 66cm.) Inlaid display base and brass bound glazed cover
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