A FINE BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE BARQUE GEORGETOWN BUILT FOR CAVAN BROTHERS, LONDON BY ROBERT THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND, 1858
the 36in. hull carved from 1in. laminated wood with contrasting gunwale and gun ports, with gilt paper decorative stern with finely carved figurehead with foliate gilt work to bow and stern, mounted on wooden display base with specification plate, overall measurements -- 10 x 53½in. (25.5 x 136cm.)
Provenance: Monkwearmouth Historical Society, deaccessioned 2017
The wooden barque Georgetown enjoyed the unusual distinction of having her original rig upgraded to that of a full-rigged ship, when the opposite was normally the case, and she was also very long-lived by the standards of the time.
Built by R. Thompson & Sons in Sunderland in 1858 to the order of Cavan Bros. of London, she was registered at 414 tons (net and gross) and measured 135 feet in length with a 26½ foot beam. Under her first master, Captain Cobb, she operated in the West India trade and remained on this route, despite several changes of ownership, for almost all her career. Re-rigged as a ship in 1866, Cavans sold her to the Colonial Company in 1869, and in 1881 she was sold to Scruttons who had previously managed her for Colonial. Sold again in 1885, this time to Fawcett & Waugh of Newcastle-on-Tyne, she finally disappears from record during the 1890s, almost certainly broken up in view of her age.
Sold for £3,720
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
Condition Report
Fine overall condition, display board later
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A FINE BUILDER’S HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR THE BARQUE GEORGETOWN BUILT FOR CAVAN BROTHERS, LONDON BY ROBERT THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND, 1858
the 36in. hull carved from 1in. laminated wood with contrasting gunwale and gun ports, with gilt paper decorative stern with finely carved figurehead with foliate gilt work to bow and stern, mounted on wooden display base with specification plate, overall measurements -- 10 x 53½in. (25.5 x 136cm.)
Provenance: Monkwearmouth Historical Society, deaccessioned 2017
The wooden barque Georgetown enjoyed the unusual distinction of having her original rig upgraded to that of a full-rigged ship, when the opposite was normally the case, and she was also very long-lived by the standards of the time.
Built by R. Thompson & Sons in Sunderland in 1858 to the order of Cavan Bros. of London, she was registered at 414 tons (net and gross) and measured 135 feet in length with a 26½ foot beam. Under her first master, Captain Cobb, she operated in the West India trade and remained on this route, despite several changes of ownership, for almost all her career. Re-rigged as a ship in 1866, Cavans sold her to the Colonial Company in 1869, and in 1881 she was sold to Scruttons who had previously managed her for Colonial. Sold again in 1885, this time to Fawcett & Waugh of Newcastle-on-Tyne, she finally disappears from record during the 1890s, almost certainly broken up in view of her age.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Untiring), 27th Apr, 2021
Mercantile (Sail) 1-123
Mercantile (Steam) 124-166
Naval (Sail) 170-252
Naval (Steam) 255-339
Navigational & Scientific Instruments 340-395
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