30th Oct, 2013 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Powerful)

 
  Lot 10
 

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[M] Antonio de Simone (Naples, fl. 1860-1900) <br/>The...

Antonio de Simone (Naples, fl. 1860-1900)
The New York Yacht Club's steam yacht Varuna in an offshore swell
Signed 'De Simone 19..' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. VARUNA' (lower left)
Bodycolour, on paper
17½ x 25¼in. (44.5 x 64cm.)
The Varuna was the third of three very similar steam yachts designed by the great G.L. Watson of Glasgow, the others being Mayflower and Nahma. Ordered for a wealthy American, Eugene Higgins of New York, Varuna was built of steel by A. & J. Inglis at Glasgow in 1897. Registered at 1,573½ tons gross (595 net), she measured 273 feet in length with a 35 foot beam and was rigged as a twin-screw schooner. Powered by a pair of her builder's own triple-expansion 8-cylinder engines, she could make 16½ knots under steam and carried sails by Ratsey. Unfamiliar in American waters, as Mr. Higgins spent most of his time in Europe, she was wrecked on the Azores in 1909.

Sold for £620
Estimated at £600 - £800

(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)


Condition Report
Unexamined out of frame but appears to be in good overall condition.

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Antonio de Simone (Naples, fl. 1860-1900)
The New York Yacht Club's steam yacht Varuna in an offshore swell
Signed 'De Simone 19..' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. VARUNA' (lower left)
Bodycolour, on paper
17½ x 25¼in. (44.5 x 64cm.)
The Varuna was the third of three very similar steam yachts designed by the great G.L. Watson of Glasgow, the others being Mayflower and Nahma. Ordered for a wealthy American, Eugene Higgins of New York, Varuna was built of steel by A. & J. Inglis at Glasgow in 1897. Registered at 1,573½ tons gross (595 net), she measured 273 feet in length with a 35 foot beam and was rigged as a twin-screw schooner. Powered by a pair of her builder's own triple-expansion 8-cylinder engines, she could make 16½ knots under steam and carried sails by Ratsey. Unfamiliar in American waters, as Mr. Higgins spent most of his time in Europe, she was wrecked on the Azores in 1909.
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