Brynhilda (1885); Passenger/cargo vessel; Ship
Scale: Unknown. A half block model of the starboard side of the ship-rigged passenger/cargo vessel Brynhilda (1885), made entirely in wood, painted and polished. The hull is polished wood below the waterline and painted black above. Features and fittings include a clipper bow, stump bowsprit, forecastle with portholes, hawse hole that has been painted onto the model, abd figurehead. The model is displayed on a rectangular mahogany backboard. On starboard bow ‘Brynhilda’. On starboard broadside ‘Brynhilda No 293’. On backboard ‘Alex.I Stephen & Sons Shipbuilders & Engineers Glasgow’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1154 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Half block model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Brynhilda (1885) |
Date made: | circa 1885 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 255 x 1632 x 121 mm; Backboard: 347 x 1799 x 22 mm |