7th Nov, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless')
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[M] A FINE BASSETT-LOWKE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE...
A FINE BASSETT-LOWKE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE R.M.M.V. WINCHESTER CASTLE [1930] AS DEPICTED AFTER HER REFIT IN 1938
the laminated and carved wooden hull finished in red and lavender grey with white topsides, lined lacquered decks crowded with detailed gilt, silvered and painted fittings including winches with studded chains, anchors, bitts, ventilators, wood-capped deck rails, boarding companionways, painted and lined superstructure with covered lifeboats in davits, overbridge with range finder and much other fine detail, mounted on bronzed display columns on display base with maker's plate and specification plate within original glazed case with stand; together with a top lamp, measurements including stand -- 68 x 94 x 23½in. (173 x 239 x 59.5cm.)
Built in 1930 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast with a length of 656½ft and a gross tonnage in excess of 20,000grt for the Union-Castle Line, the Winchester Castle was the last 'Castle' to be upgraded to oil-fired boilers in 1938 when her twin funnels were replaced with a single raked funnel as seen on this model. During the War she served as a troop carrier but was briefly used as the Allied Headquarters during the invasion of Vichy-held Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad between May and November 1942. Post war she was deployed as a UK-South Africa migrant ship before being scrapped in Japan in 1960.
On view from September 2017 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Imperial Road - please see map inside back cover.
the laminated and carved wooden hull finished in red and lavender grey with white topsides, lined lacquered decks crowded with detailed gilt, silvered and painted fittings including winches with studded chains, anchors, bitts, ventilators, wood-capped deck rails, boarding companionways, painted and lined superstructure with covered lifeboats in davits, overbridge with range finder and much other fine detail, mounted on bronzed display columns on display base with maker's plate and specification plate within original glazed case with stand; together with a top lamp, measurements including stand -- 68 x 94 x 23½in. (173 x 239 x 59.5cm.)
Built in 1930 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast with a length of 656½ft and a gross tonnage in excess of 20,000grt for the Union-Castle Line, the Winchester Castle was the last 'Castle' to be upgraded to oil-fired boilers in 1938 when her twin funnels were replaced with a single raked funnel as seen on this model. During the War she served as a troop carrier but was briefly used as the Allied Headquarters during the invasion of Vichy-held Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad between May and November 1942. Post war she was deployed as a UK-South Africa migrant ship before being scrapped in Japan in 1960.
On view from September 2017 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Imperial Road - please see map inside back cover.
Sold for £49,600
Estimated at £15,000 - £20,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINE BASSETT-LOWKE BOARDROOM MODEL OF THE R.M.M.V. WINCHESTER CASTLE [1930] AS DEPICTED AFTER HER REFIT IN 1938
the laminated and carved wooden hull finished in red and lavender grey with white topsides, lined lacquered decks crowded with detailed gilt, silvered and painted fittings including winches with studded chains, anchors, bitts, ventilators, wood-capped deck rails, boarding companionways, painted and lined superstructure with covered lifeboats in davits, overbridge with range finder and much other fine detail, mounted on bronzed display columns on display base with maker's plate and specification plate within original glazed case with stand; together with a top lamp, measurements including stand -- 68 x 94 x 23½in. (173 x 239 x 59.5cm.)
Built in 1930 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast with a length of 656½ft and a gross tonnage in excess of 20,000grt for the Union-Castle Line, the Winchester Castle was the last 'Castle' to be upgraded to oil-fired boilers in 1938 when her twin funnels were replaced with a single raked funnel as seen on this model. During the War she served as a troop carrier but was briefly used as the Allied Headquarters during the invasion of Vichy-held Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad between May and November 1942. Post war she was deployed as a UK-South Africa migrant ship before being scrapped in Japan in 1960.
On view from September 2017 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Imperial Road - please see map inside back cover.
the laminated and carved wooden hull finished in red and lavender grey with white topsides, lined lacquered decks crowded with detailed gilt, silvered and painted fittings including winches with studded chains, anchors, bitts, ventilators, wood-capped deck rails, boarding companionways, painted and lined superstructure with covered lifeboats in davits, overbridge with range finder and much other fine detail, mounted on bronzed display columns on display base with maker's plate and specification plate within original glazed case with stand; together with a top lamp, measurements including stand -- 68 x 94 x 23½in. (173 x 239 x 59.5cm.)
Built in 1930 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast with a length of 656½ft and a gross tonnage in excess of 20,000grt for the Union-Castle Line, the Winchester Castle was the last 'Castle' to be upgraded to oil-fired boilers in 1938 when her twin funnels were replaced with a single raked funnel as seen on this model. During the War she served as a troop carrier but was briefly used as the Allied Headquarters during the invasion of Vichy-held Madagascar as part of Operation Ironclad between May and November 1942. Post war she was deployed as a UK-South Africa migrant ship before being scrapped in Japan in 1960.
On view from September 2017 at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Imperial Road - please see map inside back cover.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Fearless'), 7th Nov, 2017
