8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
187
[M] WITHDRAWN<br/><br/><br/>A FINELY PRESERVED FIGUREHEAD FROM...
A FINELY PRESERVED FIGUREHEAD FROM THE JERSEY BARQUE ROSEAU, 1857
modelled as a full-length young lady wearing a plumed hat, coat and gloves, holding a posy, her dress blowing against her legs, stepping forwards from scrolled base and mounted on substantial iron bracket for wall securing -- 74 x 38in. (188 x 96.5cm.); Dover Harbour Board brass plaque inscribed:
Dover Harbour Board / This figurehead is believed to have been that of the wooden barque "Roseau", of 371 gross tonnage. Built at Jersey in 1857 by F.C. Clarke for Scrutton and Co. of London, the "Roseau" was principally engaged in trade between England and the West Indies, and was finally broken up in England in 1897. / The figurehead derives her name from Roseau, the capital and main port of Dominica, an island in the West Indies, which was for many years a French possession. In French, "roseau" is reed and "roseau-de-sucre" is the sugar cane, which was once the main crop of the island. / The flower in the figurehead's hand is believed to represent the rose awarded under the old French custom to the best-behaved young girl of a village.
(2)
Provenance: Dover Harbour Board; local Private Collection.
Condition Report
Repainted overall; Carving appears to be in good original condition and has been dry stored for many years.
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A FINELY PRESERVED FIGUREHEAD FROM THE JERSEY BARQUE ROSEAU, 1857
modelled as a full-length young lady wearing a plumed hat, coat and gloves, holding a posy, her dress blowing against her legs, stepping forwards from scrolled base and mounted on substantial iron bracket for wall securing -- 74 x 38in. (188 x 96.5cm.); Dover Harbour Board brass plaque inscribed:
Dover Harbour Board / This figurehead is believed to have been that of the wooden barque "Roseau", of 371 gross tonnage. Built at Jersey in 1857 by F.C. Clarke for Scrutton and Co. of London, the "Roseau" was principally engaged in trade between England and the West Indies, and was finally broken up in England in 1897. / The figurehead derives her name from Roseau, the capital and main port of Dominica, an island in the West Indies, which was for many years a French possession. In French, "roseau" is reed and "roseau-de-sucre" is the sugar cane, which was once the main crop of the island. / The flower in the figurehead's hand is believed to represent the rose awarded under the old French custom to the best-behaved young girl of a village.
(2)
Provenance: Dover Harbour Board; local Private Collection.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
