Construction model in mahogany, completely rigged, but not planked. This was usual to allow the builders of the large ship opportunity to measure by scale the proportions. Figurehead handsomely carved. Lion at one side of the beakhead, Unicorn on the opposite side, both assisting to support the English Shield at the bow. Stern latticed and glazed, heightened with gilt scrolling at top. Open at deck, which is fitted with cross beams. In glazed case.

Height, 19 inches; length, 56 inches

217 TOPSAIL SCHOONER

DUTCH, 1840

Sheer lines of hull, decorated in crimson and gray. Figurehead of bone.
Masts and spars of bone, completely rigged and with deck impedimenta.
Set on cradle stand.

Length, 25 inches

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218 DUTCH ADMIRALTY YACHT "MARY"

EARLY CHARLES II PERIOD
Royal Navy, walnut scale model. Built in frame to show construction.
Constructed for 44 guns. The upper ports encircled with gilded wreaths
on either side. The figurehead a full-length female in draped gown with
hands outstretched. Stern handsomely carved, glazed and latticed, and
enriched with British Lion, cupidons, and scroll, and with full-length
figures of warriors at ends. The stern is ornamented with two lanterns.
All of the carvings are heightened with gilt. In the original walnut
glazed case.
Height, 23 inches; length, 39 inches
Charles II had appealed to the Government of Holland for assistance,
to regain the English Throne. Many Royalists had assembled in Hol-
land and through intrigue in various channels had so implicated the
Dutch Government that Charles was enabled to gain his end. Nineteen
Royalists warships were begun, most of them of the magnificently deco-
rated type of the day. The Yacht "Mary" was especially designed for
the voyage of Charles II and his Court. The above model was the
original dockyard model of this vessel.

A most unusual and highly interesting item, pertaining to the Early
History of England.

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219

MAN-OF-WAR "LE NEPTUNE", 60 GUNS

Hull in white to waterline, black and écru above.

FRENCH, 1750 Figurehead, finely

carved figure of Neptune, and stern richly carved and gilded. Details

Completely rigged with all

of deck complete, with cannon on truck.
details. Set on mahogany cradle stand.
Contemporary model, built at the Musée de la Marine, Cherbourg.

Length, 69 inches

220

WARSHIP

ENGLISH, 1740

An authentic model of this period, and said to be a model of Lord Anson's Flagship. It has not been re-rigged. Purchased by Mr. Chapman in 1890 at St. Ives, England. Length, 16 inches; height, 17 inches

221

222

DUTCH CORVETTE, 18 GUNS

1776

Model entirely constructed of whalebone. Hull and deck planked and ribbed, with cannon fitted of bone. Figurehead, bust portrait of a woman. Stern handsomely carved, latticed and pierced, with quarter galleries to match. Fully rigged in bone.

Length, 68 inches

PRIVATEER TOPSAIL SCHOONER

1790

This

A splendid example of old ship models, absolutely authentic. model was purchased by Mr. Chapman in St. Ives, England, in 1890.

223 FRENCH FRIGATE "PERLE", 30 GUNS.

FRENCH, 1790

Hull red to waterline, black and white above. Stern decorated with coat-
of-arms and gilt stars and nameplate. The hull is completely planked
and mounts thirty guns on wood trucks. Scroll at figurehead; completely
rigged.
Length, 66 inches

224

DUTCH FRIGATE

1812

Crimson hull to waterline, black above with white port stripe. Figure-
head, full-length figure of a warrior. Stern carved and balustered, and
heightened in gilt, and inscribed "Ziud Holland MDCCCXII". Fully
rigged with all details, and on cradle stand inscribed by the maker "A
Vanderwilde, 1813".
Length, 54 inches

225

SIXTY GUN MAN-OF-WAR "JERSEY"

ENGLISH, 1765 Built at the Woolwich Royal Dock Yards, and represents one of the largest second-raters of the period. The hull represents the original Admiralty construction model of the period, with rigging of a later period: it is entirely hollowed, decorated in cream color to waterline, black and crimson above, and further enriched with variously colored stripes. Fitted with sixty cannon on truck. Figurehead of an Admiral, with finely scrolled motifs to bow. The stern is carved, latticed and galleried, with quarter galleries to match. Completely rigged in fine detail, and fitted with longboats. Set on planked stand.

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Length, 62 inches

226 AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP “YOUNG AMERICA”

Hull green-bronze to waterline, black above. Modelled in fine sheer lines, with rounded stern. Masts and spars varnished; finely rigged, with all deck impedimenta, and complete in every detail in rigging.

Length, 40 inches

The "Young America" was built by William H. Webb, New York, in 1853, for George Daniels. She was used in the California trade, and made several sailing records. On October 20th, 1854, she sailed from New York to San Francisco in 110 days. Illustrated in Clark, opposite page 232.

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