Plymouth (1755); Service vessel; Yacht
Scale: 1:38.4. A contemporary full hull model of the yacht Plymouth circa 1755, built plank on frame in the Navy Board style. The model is decked and equipped with a variety of fittings such as a rudder with a wooden tiller, capstan, deck gratings, companionway and stump masts (modern replacements). The decoration on the stern, quarter galleries and figurehead is particularly fine and is probably carved in boxwood. Also the painted friezes along the bulwark screens is virtually un-touched and in original condition having been applied directly onto the model itself.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR0494 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Plank-on-frame |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Vessels: | Plymouth 1755 |
Date made: | circa 1755 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 225 x 650 x 150 mm |