1st May, 2018 11:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Britannia')

 
Lot 355
 

355

[M] A 1IN.:1FT SCALE DOCK YARD MODEL FOR AN...

A 1IN.:1FT SCALE DOCK YARD MODEL FOR AN ADMIRALTY-PATTERN WHALER, JOSEPH WHITE, COWES, CIRCA 1870
framed with pinned clinker hull with air cased bulwarks, cross boards, thwarts, gratings, detachable rudder with yoke and furled sail -- 3 x 26in. (7.5 x 66cm.); later display stand

Provenance: R. & J. White, Cowes, and thence by descent.
Literature: May, W.E. The Boats of Men of War, NMM, 1999, p. 73.

Sold for £2,108
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


 
A 1IN.:1FT SCALE DOCK YARD MODEL FOR AN ADMIRALTY-PATTERN WHALER, JOSEPH WHITE, COWES, CIRCA 1870
framed with pinned clinker hull with air cased bulwarks, cross boards, thwarts, gratings, detachable rudder with yoke and furled sail -- 3 x 26in. (7.5 x 66cm.); later display stand

Provenance: R. & J. White, Cowes, and thence by descent.
Literature: May, W.E. The Boats of Men of War, NMM, 1999, p. 73.

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