Scale: 1:64. A half block model of the Mirror (1886), a cableship made largely of wood with silver plated and gun metal fittings. The hull is painted a brick red below the waterline with a flesh coloured boot topping and black topsides above to deck level. The clipper shaped bow is fitted with a large set of sheaves on an overhanging platform whilst the stern finishes in a rounded counter with a single screw propeller and a rudder with a skeg frame below. Mounted along the black portion of the hull is a decorative nameboard at the bow carved in wood with 21 circular portholes and 16 square scuttle portholes running along the length of the hull. At the stern is a decorative gallery and taff rail carved in wood with the port of registry: 'London'. The deck is varnished natural wood with individual planks lined in black ink and along its entire length is fitted a guardrail mounted on silver plated stanchions with a wooden capping. At the bow is an anchor, a capstan, davits and winches. Either side of the foremast is a single ventilation cowling. Between the mast and the bridge is a large rectangular cargo hatch with a raised circular portion giving access to the cable hold below, and a smaller circular hatch complete with a wooden grating above surrounded by a guardrail supported by silver plated stanchions. The bridge accommodation block comprises of a two tier bridge wing with guardrails, two binnacles, a ship's wheel, a small rectangular skylight, and a tall cylindrical shaped navigation lantern. The panelling, doors, and windows are outlined in black ink. Just aft of the bridge accommodation is a single funnel that has been cut down and is finished in natural wood, a single large ventilation cowling, and a long rectangular skylight followed by a double steam winch just forward of the mizzen mast. There is a single double ended lifeboat finished in varnished natural wood rigged on davits aft of the bridge wing. Just aft of the mizzen mast is a circular hatch topped with a wooden grating, a single ventilation cowling, a smaller accommodation block with panelled doors, a small rectangular skylight, and a raised companionway finished in varnished natural wood. Alongside the companionway are two small transom sterned lifeboats rigged from a pair of silver plated davits. The ship's wheel is mounted on a rectangular steering box with a raised grating floor either side and a single binnacle just forward of the steering position. The whole model is mounted on a rear silvered mirror down to the waterline with a white painted board below the waterline to the base of the case. There is a pair of angled mirrors at either end and a glass plaque secured to the base. The whole model is mounted in a glazed mahogany display case with turned ornate columns at either side. The plaque is inscribed: 'R Napier & Sons 1886 "Mirror" 1550 Tons 1750 I.H.P.'