25th Apr, 2012 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac)
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[M] A PLANKED AND FRAMED MODEL OF THE 14-GUN SHIP...
A PLANKED AND FRAMED MODEL OF THE 14-GUN SHIP SLOOP FLY (1776)
modelled by D. Surridge, with planked and pinned hull and decks, carved polychrome figurehead, turned wooden guns in stepped trucks, gratings, companionways, stove pipe, capstan, tiller and cut-away masts, mounted on a wooden display base. Overall measurements -- 10 x 30in. (25.5 x 76cm.) historic data
Fly was a Swan Class sloop built in Sheerness Dockyard. She enjoyed an active career and captured several prizes before foundering with all hands on convoy escort duty to Africa in 1802.
modelled by D. Surridge, with planked and pinned hull and decks, carved polychrome figurehead, turned wooden guns in stepped trucks, gratings, companionways, stove pipe, capstan, tiller and cut-away masts, mounted on a wooden display base. Overall measurements -- 10 x 30in. (25.5 x 76cm.) historic data
Fly was a Swan Class sloop built in Sheerness Dockyard. She enjoyed an active career and captured several prizes before foundering with all hands on convoy escort duty to Africa in 1802.
Sold for £521
Estimated at £300 - £400
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A PLANKED AND FRAMED MODEL OF THE 14-GUN SHIP SLOOP FLY (1776)
modelled by D. Surridge, with planked and pinned hull and decks, carved polychrome figurehead, turned wooden guns in stepped trucks, gratings, companionways, stove pipe, capstan, tiller and cut-away masts, mounted on a wooden display base. Overall measurements -- 10 x 30in. (25.5 x 76cm.) historic data
Fly was a Swan Class sloop built in Sheerness Dockyard. She enjoyed an active career and captured several prizes before foundering with all hands on convoy escort duty to Africa in 1802.
modelled by D. Surridge, with planked and pinned hull and decks, carved polychrome figurehead, turned wooden guns in stepped trucks, gratings, companionways, stove pipe, capstan, tiller and cut-away masts, mounted on a wooden display base. Overall measurements -- 10 x 30in. (25.5 x 76cm.) historic data
Fly was a Swan Class sloop built in Sheerness Dockyard. She enjoyed an active career and captured several prizes before foundering with all hands on convoy escort duty to Africa in 1802.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac), 25th Apr, 2012
