A very fine pearwood and boxwood model of a three masted Italian barque by Boucher MFG., Co., circa 1900, presented to the New York Yacht Club by Lord Phoenix, Esq., 1906 with polychrome figure head, hawse pipes, rigging, blocks, anchors with capstan, brass shackles and chain, winches, bilge pump, deck hatches, masts, cotton sails, reef lines, fire buckets, ladders, stove pipes, boarding ladder, boarding gangway, launches, deck house, binnacle. Other details include the copper-plated bottom (the copper plates held in place with miniature rivets), the ends of all the rigging is properly served and seized, the various doors to the companionways are hinged and working. The launch on the port side is rigged in the davits and is fully fitted with oars, seats, floor boards and other details; on the starboard side the launch is absent as if she had been lowered and away with the gangway lowered. The gangway is complete with rope hand rails, hinges and grating. The model is rigged with a full set of sails which are intact and in excellent condition. The sails are probably made of Egyptian cotton and have reefing lines, bolt ropes and stitched panels. 87½ x 57in. (222.2 x 144.8cm.), barque; 90 x 62½in. (228 x 158.7cm.), case; and, 25½in high, table
A very fine pearwood and boxwood model of a three masted Italian barque by Boucher MFG., Co., circa 1900, presented to the New York Yacht Club by Lord Phoenix, Esq., 1906 with polychrome figure head, hawse pipes, rigging, blocks, anchors with capstan, brass shackles and chain, winches, bilge pump, deck hatches, masts, cotton sails, reef lines, fire buckets, ladders, stove pipes, boarding ladder, boarding gangway, launches, deck house, binnacle. Other details include the copper-plated bottom (the copper plates held in place with miniature rivets), the ends of all the rigging is properly served and seized, the various doors to the companionways are hinged and working. The launch on the port side is rigged in the davits and is fully fitted with oars, seats, floor boards and other details; on the starboard side the launch is absent as if she had been lowered and away with the gangway lowered. The gangway is complete with rope hand rails, hinges and grating. The model is rigged with a full set of sails which are intact and in excellent condition. The sails are probably made of Egyptian cotton and have reefing lines, bolt ropes and stitched panels. 87½ x 57in. (222.2 x 144.8cm.), barque; 90 x 62½in. (228 x 158.7cm.), case; and, 25½in high, table
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