November 17, 2020 Early Arms & Militaria: Age of Exploration, Empire & Revolution
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2020
This superb model represents the His Majesty’s Cutter “Shearwater” as she appeared at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. Cutters were usually the smallest commissioned ships in the fleet. Developed from craft used by English smugglers, these single-masted vessels were built for speed and employed as patrol and dispatch boats. Expertly modeled in 1:50 scale by A. Van Felix for the American Marine Model Gallery of Salem, Massachusetts, the cutter has a planked and framed hull, copper-sheathed below the waterline and black main wale and topsides with white strakes, carved polychrome figurehead, stern and quarter lights, planked decks with details including anchors with bound stocks, belaying rails with pins, eight cannon, gratings, cannonball racks, pumps, stove pipe, brass bell, bound masts with yards and booms, standing and running rigging and numerous other details. Mounted on two black-painted stands, with brass legend; overall measurements: 28-1/2" x 31" x 9". Handsomely presented in a wood and glass case with brass mountings, 31" x 33" x 12". JLK
This is not a standard shippable item and will require 3rd party shipping or pickup arrangements to be made.