A WOOD AND BONE CARPENTER'S MODEL FOR A THREE-MASTED MERCHAN...
Hammer
£450
A WOOD AND BONE CARPENTER'S MODEL FOR A THREE-MASTED MERCHANT SHIP, CIRCA 1900
the 20in. hull carved from the solid with 'coppered' bottom and planked and pinned in bone above the waterline, planked decks with simple carved fittings including capstans, signal guns, boats in davits, etc., bound masts with yards, standing and running rigging, loosely mounted in glazed wood display case -- 22 x 31 x 13½in. (56 x 79 x 34.5cm.)
Unsecured, two/three areas of loose rigging, aft-mast broken under top gallant yard, later standing rigging, needs general tidy.
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Hammer
£450
A WOOD AND BONE CARPENTER'S MODEL FOR A THREE-MASTED MERCHANT SHIP, CIRCA 1900
the 20in. hull carved from the solid with 'coppered' bottom and planked and pinned in bone above the waterline, planked decks with simple carved fittings including capstans, signal guns, boats in davits, etc., bound masts with yards, standing and running rigging, loosely mounted in glazed wood display case -- 22 x 31 x 13½in. (56 x 79 x 34.5cm.)
Unsecured, two/three areas of loose rigging, aft-mast broken under top gallant yard, later standing rigging, needs general tidy.