Ø A RARE WOOD AND WHALEBONE MOUNTED DOCKYARD APPRENTICE MODEL FOR A WHALER, CIRCA 1820

a 22in. hull, planked and pinned with copper, hinged sweep ports, fenders, chainplates with deadeyes, the bow with carved billethead, metal anchors with bound wooden stocks on whalebone catheads, bow stripped with dolphin striker, planked and pinned decks with whalebone railings, capstan, poop deck, doors and steering gear, wooden gratings, fitted boat in cradles, bilge pumps with iron handles, companionways, saloon light, whale tethering booms, bound masts with yards, st'un'sl booms, standing and running rigging with painted locks, mounted on wooden cradle stand to raised display base within glazed wooden case with presentation plate attached to stand, measurements including stand -- 73 x 49½ x 21½in. (185.5 x 126 x 54.5cm.)

The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by J. J. Joass in 1951.

Condition Report

fine overall condition, some dust and one or two pieces of loose rigging

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