A Victorian shipyard model of a sloop

A Victorian shipyard model of a sloop. This large boxwood model has a truncated mast and retractable bowsprit. The hull has an upright stem, wide beam, four metal rigging blocks on each side and a single anchor in the bow. The deck has two sets of glass sky lights, two covered companionways, belaying pins and two capstans, one for the anchor and the other for the bowsprit. The finely carved tiller has a knotted rope terminal and controls the working rudder. It is raised on a fitted stand with three brackets. English, circa 1860.

Stima:€14,204.26

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