1st May, 2018 11:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')
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[M] A detailed 32ft:1in scale model of the Leyland...
A detailed 32ft:1in scale model of the Leyland Line passenger/cargo ship Californian [1902]
modelled by R.A. Wilson with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, bollards, ventilators, deck rails, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with wheelhouse with open bridge over with awning stanchions, stayed funnel with safety valve extension pipes, engine room lights, aft deck house and six lifeboats with thwarts in davits, finished in red and black with white upperworks and natural wood decks and mounted on two turned brass columns, glazed case -- 6¾ x 19¼in. (17.2 x 49cm.), carrying box
Californian was thought to be the mystery ship that slept whilst Titanic sank about ten miles away on the horizon. Although this was never proven, Captain Stanley Lord (1877-1962) - known as 'Lord of the Californian' never recovered his reputation and was dismissed from Leyland Line in August 1912, spending the rest of his life trying to clear his name. Interestingly the deathbed confession in 1965 of a Norwegian seal smuggler called Hendrik Ness seems to confirm Lord's story. When their ship, the S.S. Smansun, lying 4-5 miles off Titanic with a hold full of contraband, saw the first distress rockets fired they extinguished all lights and effectively disappeared - they were not fitted with wireless and Captain and crew agreed a pact of silence when they learned the shocking news in Iceland. Californian, registered at 6,223 tons - about 40,000 less than Titanic - was torpedoed on 9th November 1915 by U-34 61 miles southwest of Cape Matapan in passage between Salonica and Marseilles in ballast.
modelled by R.A. Wilson with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, bollards, ventilators, deck rails, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with wheelhouse with open bridge over with awning stanchions, stayed funnel with safety valve extension pipes, engine room lights, aft deck house and six lifeboats with thwarts in davits, finished in red and black with white upperworks and natural wood decks and mounted on two turned brass columns, glazed case -- 6¾ x 19¼in. (17.2 x 49cm.), carrying box
Californian was thought to be the mystery ship that slept whilst Titanic sank about ten miles away on the horizon. Although this was never proven, Captain Stanley Lord (1877-1962) - known as 'Lord of the Californian' never recovered his reputation and was dismissed from Leyland Line in August 1912, spending the rest of his life trying to clear his name. Interestingly the deathbed confession in 1965 of a Norwegian seal smuggler called Hendrik Ness seems to confirm Lord's story. When their ship, the S.S. Smansun, lying 4-5 miles off Titanic with a hold full of contraband, saw the first distress rockets fired they extinguished all lights and effectively disappeared - they were not fitted with wireless and Captain and crew agreed a pact of silence when they learned the shocking news in Iceland. Californian, registered at 6,223 tons - about 40,000 less than Titanic - was torpedoed on 9th November 1915 by U-34 61 miles southwest of Cape Matapan in passage between Salonica and Marseilles in ballast.
Sold for £558
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A detailed 32ft:1in scale model of the Leyland Line passenger/cargo ship Californian [1902]
modelled by R.A. Wilson with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, bollards, ventilators, deck rails, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with wheelhouse with open bridge over with awning stanchions, stayed funnel with safety valve extension pipes, engine room lights, aft deck house and six lifeboats with thwarts in davits, finished in red and black with white upperworks and natural wood decks and mounted on two turned brass columns, glazed case -- 6¾ x 19¼in. (17.2 x 49cm.), carrying box
Californian was thought to be the mystery ship that slept whilst Titanic sank about ten miles away on the horizon. Although this was never proven, Captain Stanley Lord (1877-1962) - known as 'Lord of the Californian' never recovered his reputation and was dismissed from Leyland Line in August 1912, spending the rest of his life trying to clear his name. Interestingly the deathbed confession in 1965 of a Norwegian seal smuggler called Hendrik Ness seems to confirm Lord's story. When their ship, the S.S. Smansun, lying 4-5 miles off Titanic with a hold full of contraband, saw the first distress rockets fired they extinguished all lights and effectively disappeared - they were not fitted with wireless and Captain and crew agreed a pact of silence when they learned the shocking news in Iceland. Californian, registered at 6,223 tons - about 40,000 less than Titanic - was torpedoed on 9th November 1915 by U-34 61 miles southwest of Cape Matapan in passage between Salonica and Marseilles in ballast.
modelled by R.A. Wilson with masts, derricks and rigging, anchors, winch, bollards, ventilators, deck rails, deck winches, hatches, superstructure with wheelhouse with open bridge over with awning stanchions, stayed funnel with safety valve extension pipes, engine room lights, aft deck house and six lifeboats with thwarts in davits, finished in red and black with white upperworks and natural wood decks and mounted on two turned brass columns, glazed case -- 6¾ x 19¼in. (17.2 x 49cm.), carrying box
Californian was thought to be the mystery ship that slept whilst Titanic sank about ten miles away on the horizon. Although this was never proven, Captain Stanley Lord (1877-1962) - known as 'Lord of the Californian' never recovered his reputation and was dismissed from Leyland Line in August 1912, spending the rest of his life trying to clear his name. Interestingly the deathbed confession in 1965 of a Norwegian seal smuggler called Hendrik Ness seems to confirm Lord's story. When their ship, the S.S. Smansun, lying 4-5 miles off Titanic with a hold full of contraband, saw the first distress rockets fired they extinguished all lights and effectively disappeared - they were not fitted with wireless and Captain and crew agreed a pact of silence when they learned the shocking news in Iceland. Californian, registered at 6,223 tons - about 40,000 less than Titanic - was torpedoed on 9th November 1915 by U-34 61 miles southwest of Cape Matapan in passage between Salonica and Marseilles in ballast.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia'), 1st May, 2018
