A RARE LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER WAR JUNK, MARKED W.O.CO., PROBABLY WING ON & CO. OF HONG KONG, CIRCA 1930
realistically and finely modelled, the three-masted vessel with fully battened sails, two sets of five oars, seven cannon, a crew of seven, two anchors hanging over the bow and the vessel festooned with flags on the masts and stern, carved wood wave-form base, glazed wood case with brass presentation plaque inscribed Chinese War Junk, presented by Captain W. Beswick, 1932, 44cm long Provenance: Captain Beswick presented this model to the Master Mariners on his return from Hong Kong aboard the S.S. Agamemnon, of which he was master, in 1932. Footnote: Captain William Beswick DSC, RNR (1884-1959 began his maritime career in 1900. Eight years later he joined the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool as a junior officer after which he went on to command a number of the company's vessels. During the First World War he served with the Royal Navy Reserves in destroyers and as an officer in the 'Mystery Ships' commanded by Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC. During the Second World War Beswick again served with the RNR and retired in 1948. A liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, of which he served on the Court for many years, he died at his home at Colerne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 April 1959. 约1930年，外销银制战船，上刻“W.O.CO.”（可能是指香港古董店WING ON & CO.)realistically and finely modelled, the three-masted vessel with fully battened sails, two sets of five oars, seven cannon, a crew of seven, two anchors hanging over the bow and the vessel festooned with flags on the masts and stern, carved wood wave-form base, glazed wood case with brass presentation plaque inscribed Chinese War Junk, presented by Captain W. Beswick, 1932, 44cm long Provenance: Captain Beswick presented this model to the Master Mariners on his return from Hong Kong aboard the S.S. Agamemnon, of which he was master, in 1932. Footnote: Captain William Beswick DSC, RNR (1884-1959 began his maritime career in 1900. Eight years later he joined the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool as a junior officer after which he went on to command a number of the company's vessels. During the First World War he served with the Royal Navy Reserves in destroyers and as an officer in the 'Mystery Ships' commanded by Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC. During the Second World War Beswick again served with the RNR and retired in 1948. A liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, of which he served on the Court for many years, he died at his home at Colerne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 April 1959.
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realistically and finely modelled, the three-masted vessel with fully battened sails, two sets of five oars, seven cannon, a crew of seven, two anchors hanging over the bow and the vessel festooned with flags on the masts and stern, carved wood wave-form base, glazed wood case with brass presentation plaque inscribed Chinese War Junk, presented by Captain W. Beswick, 1932, 44cm long Provenance: Captain Beswick presented this model to the Master Mariners on his return from Hong Kong aboard the S.S. Agamemnon, of which he was master, in 1932. Footnote: Captain William Beswick DSC, RNR (1884-1959 began his maritime career in 1900. Eight years later he joined the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool as a junior officer after which he went on to command a number of the company's vessels. During the First World War he served with the Royal Navy Reserves in destroyers and as an officer in the 'Mystery Ships' commanded by Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC. During the Second World War Beswick again served with the RNR and retired in 1948. A liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, of which he served on the Court for many years, he died at his home at Colerne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 April 1959. 约1930年，外销银制战船，上刻“W.O.CO.”（可能是指香港古董店WING ON & CO.)realistically and finely modelled, the three-masted vessel with fully battened sails, two sets of five oars, seven cannon, a crew of seven, two anchors hanging over the bow and the vessel festooned with flags on the masts and stern, carved wood wave-form base, glazed wood case with brass presentation plaque inscribed Chinese War Junk, presented by Captain W. Beswick, 1932, 44cm long Provenance: Captain Beswick presented this model to the Master Mariners on his return from Hong Kong aboard the S.S. Agamemnon, of which he was master, in 1932. Footnote: Captain William Beswick DSC, RNR (1884-1959 began his maritime career in 1900. Eight years later he joined the Blue Funnel Line of Liverpool as a junior officer after which he went on to command a number of the company's vessels. During the First World War he served with the Royal Navy Reserves in destroyers and as an officer in the 'Mystery Ships' commanded by Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC. During the Second World War Beswick again served with the RNR and retired in 1948. A liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, of which he served on the Court for many years, he died at his home at Colerne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire on 2 April 1959.
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