An exhibition standard 32ft:1in. scale model of the Tea Clipper 'Ariel' of 1865 built by J.A. Evans , with masts, spars with foot ropes, standing and running rigging and deck details including carved figurehead, rope coils, capstan, ventilators, companionways, heads, deck winches, deck lights, davits, three ship's boats with bottom boards, thwarts and oars. The hull, plated below the waterline and planked above with fully planked deck is finished in 'copper', black and white and mounted on two turned columns -- 5 x 8½in. (12.7 x 21.6cm.) Of all the magnificent tea clippers of the 1860's, Ariel proved one of the fastest and certainly one of the best-known after her performance in the Tea Race of 1866. Built at Greenock by Robert Steele in 1865, Ariel had been ordered for Shaw, Lowther & Maxton of London for their prestigious China fleet and no expense was spared in her construction. Registered at 852 tons net, she measured 197½ feet in length with a 33¾ foot beam, and proved capable of a remarkable 16 knots when coaxed by the right captain in optimum conditions. In fact, she made her name for speed almost immediately when, leaving Foochow loaded with the new season's tea on 28 May 1866, she began her epic run home in company with Taeping and three other famous clippers. Dashing across the world's oceans, passing and repassing each other continuously, Ariel and Taeping raced neck and neck up the English Channel and finally docked in London within half-an-hour of each other on the evening of 6 September after the most spectacular race in the entire history of the sea trade (for further details of this memorable event, see Christie's South Kensington's Maritime Catalogue, 15/16 April 1993, lot 546). Equally good passages followed almost every year until she retired from the tea trade in 1871 after which she switched to the Australian run. On 31 January 1872, she cleared London for Sydney but was never heard of again, lost in circumstances unknown and a tragic end for such a legendary flyer. This model was awarded Silver Medal, 'Model Engineer' Exhibition 1995.
An exhibition standard 32ft:1in. scale model of the Tea Clipper 'Ariel' of 1865 built by J.A. Evans , with masts, spars with foot ropes, standing and running rigging and deck details including carved figurehead, rope coils, capstan, ventilators, companionways, heads, deck winches, deck lights, davits, three ship's boats with bottom boards, thwarts and oars. The hull, plated below the waterline and planked above with fully planked deck is finished in 'copper', black and white and mounted on two turned columns -- 5 x 8½in. (12.7 x 21.6cm.) Of all the magnificent tea clippers of the 1860's, Ariel proved one of the fastest and certainly one of the best-known after her performance in the Tea Race of 1866. Built at Greenock by Robert Steele in 1865, Ariel had been ordered for Shaw, Lowther & Maxton of London for their prestigious China fleet and no expense was spared in her construction. Registered at 852 tons net, she measured 197½ feet in length with a 33¾ foot beam, and proved capable of a remarkable 16 knots when coaxed by the right captain in optimum conditions. In fact, she made her name for speed almost immediately when, leaving Foochow loaded with the new season's tea on 28 May 1866, she began her epic run home in company with Taeping and three other famous clippers. Dashing across the world's oceans, passing and repassing each other continuously, Ariel and Taeping raced neck and neck up the English Channel and finally docked in London within half-an-hour of each other on the evening of 6 September after the most spectacular race in the entire history of the sea trade (for further details of this memorable event, see Christie's South Kensington's Maritime Catalogue, 15/16 April 1993, lot 546). Equally good passages followed almost every year until she retired from the tea trade in 1871 after which she switched to the Australian run. On 31 January 1872, she cleared London for Sydney but was never heard of again, lost in circumstances unknown and a tragic end for such a legendary flyer. This model was awarded Silver Medal, 'Model Engineer' Exhibition 1995.
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