Passenger vessel; Boat
Scale: 1:48?. a full hull model of an open boat made entirely in wood with metal fittings and varnished or polished. The hull has a transom stern and made diagonal plank-on-frame. Fittings include a single strake, painted black; provision for two oars either side with square apertures set into the top strake and plugged; four thwarts; two side seats aft with a further two small stern seats facing one another; and rudder. The model is mounted on a pair of turned wooden pillar supports and displayed on a rectangular mahogany baseboard with rounded edges. On paper label applied to baseboard ‘6’.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1835 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Full hull model; Plank-on-frame |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | before 1869 |
People: | South Kensington Museum |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 96 x 536 x 128 mm; Base: 40 x 587 x 152 mm |