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Auction archive: Lot number 208

A WELL-PRESENTED 1:36 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE SUBMERSIBLE TORPEDO BOAT SIRÈNE (1901)

Auction 19.11.2003
19 Nov 2003
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,689 - US$2,533
Price realised:
£1,058
ca. US$1,787
Auction archive: Lot number 208

A WELL-PRESENTED 1:36 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE SUBMERSIBLE TORPEDO BOAT SIRÈNE (1901)

Auction 19.11.2003
19 Nov 2003
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,689 - US$2,533
Price realised:
£1,058
ca. US$1,787
Beschreibung:

A WELL-PRESENTED 1:36 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE SUBMERSIBLE TORPEDO BOAT SIRÈNE (1901) modelled by J. Biggins from his own reseaches with details including control room and conning tower with glass scuttles, periscope, retractable funnel, aft hatch, steering fins, deck rails with lashed dinghy, two pairs of side-launch torpedoes, rudder planes and other details. The carved hull with planked deck, fore and aft planes, rudder and single three-blade propeller, is finished in grey, green and natural wood and mounted on two turned wood gold painted columns secured to polished display board within glazed aluminium case. Overall measurements -- 14½ x 43½in. (37 x 110½cm.) Historical data See illustration

Auction archive: Lot number 208
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

A WELL-PRESENTED 1:36 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE SUBMERSIBLE TORPEDO BOAT SIRÈNE (1901) modelled by J. Biggins from his own reseaches with details including control room and conning tower with glass scuttles, periscope, retractable funnel, aft hatch, steering fins, deck rails with lashed dinghy, two pairs of side-launch torpedoes, rudder planes and other details. The carved hull with planked deck, fore and aft planes, rudder and single three-blade propeller, is finished in grey, green and natural wood and mounted on two turned wood gold painted columns secured to polished display board within glazed aluminium case. Overall measurements -- 14½ x 43½in. (37 x 110½cm.) Historical data See illustration

Auction archive: Lot number 208
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2003
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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