Scale: 1:108. A waterline model of a coastal monitor (circa 1870) made in wood and metal with organic material fittings and painted. The model is a toy thus it is inaccurate in terms of details and proportions. The depicted vessel appears to be rigged as a brig. It has a number of working features such as revolving gun turrets and a. large section of deck can be removed to show the gun deck armament, stores and other features. The hull is painted black overall with a gold or ochre strake completely encircling it. Fittings and features include a ram bow; guard rail completely encircling the forecastle, main deck and aft deck; single, large, circular, white-painted gun turret, with two guns and a guard rail on its roof; two masts, the main having three yards with furled sails the mizzen having a single aft yard; single cream-painted funnel with four ventilators; companion ladder rigged to the starboard quarter; and four ship’s boats, two of which are stowed at the stern. The model is mounted on a baseboard stylistically painted to resemble the sea and displayed in a wooden case, with a painted backdrop sky, the frame painted blue and glazed at the openable front.