25th Apr, 2012 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac)
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[M] A FINELY PLANKED AND PINNED SCALE MODEL OF...
A FINELY PLANKED AND PINNED SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. BELLE POULE (1765)
modelled in fruitwood with ebony keel, cannons run out, finely-carved rampant lion figurehead, stern and glazed quarter galleries, anchors with bound stocks, chain plates with deadeyes, bitts, cleats, capstan, belfry, well deck with suite of open craft, companionways, double helm, bound cut-away masts and other details, mounted on turned-brass columns within brass-bound glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 24 x 49½ x 16½in. (61 x 126 x 42cm.)
Built as La Belle Poule in Bordeaux, she was a 36-gun frigate of just over 900 tons and crewed by 254 men. When hostilities broke out with England, La Belle Poule fought a long and furious duel with the Arethusa. When Arethusa's main mast fell she was forced to withdraw, however the action was so famous, for a brief period ladies of the French Court wore a ship in their hair in the so-called 'Belle Poule Style'. It was not to last, however, and she was captured by the Nonsuch on 14th July 1781. Re-fitted at Portsmouth and absorbed into the Royal Navy as Belle Poule where she remained for twenty years until broken at Sheerness in 1801.
modelled in fruitwood with ebony keel, cannons run out, finely-carved rampant lion figurehead, stern and glazed quarter galleries, anchors with bound stocks, chain plates with deadeyes, bitts, cleats, capstan, belfry, well deck with suite of open craft, companionways, double helm, bound cut-away masts and other details, mounted on turned-brass columns within brass-bound glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 24 x 49½ x 16½in. (61 x 126 x 42cm.)
Built as La Belle Poule in Bordeaux, she was a 36-gun frigate of just over 900 tons and crewed by 254 men. When hostilities broke out with England, La Belle Poule fought a long and furious duel with the Arethusa. When Arethusa's main mast fell she was forced to withdraw, however the action was so famous, for a brief period ladies of the French Court wore a ship in their hair in the so-called 'Belle Poule Style'. It was not to last, however, and she was captured by the Nonsuch on 14th July 1781. Re-fitted at Portsmouth and absorbed into the Royal Navy as Belle Poule where she remained for twenty years until broken at Sheerness in 1801.
Sold for £3,720
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A FINELY PLANKED AND PINNED SCALE MODEL OF H.M.S. BELLE POULE (1765)
modelled in fruitwood with ebony keel, cannons run out, finely-carved rampant lion figurehead, stern and glazed quarter galleries, anchors with bound stocks, chain plates with deadeyes, bitts, cleats, capstan, belfry, well deck with suite of open craft, companionways, double helm, bound cut-away masts and other details, mounted on turned-brass columns within brass-bound glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 24 x 49½ x 16½in. (61 x 126 x 42cm.)
Built as La Belle Poule in Bordeaux, she was a 36-gun frigate of just over 900 tons and crewed by 254 men. When hostilities broke out with England, La Belle Poule fought a long and furious duel with the Arethusa. When Arethusa's main mast fell she was forced to withdraw, however the action was so famous, for a brief period ladies of the French Court wore a ship in their hair in the so-called 'Belle Poule Style'. It was not to last, however, and she was captured by the Nonsuch on 14th July 1781. Re-fitted at Portsmouth and absorbed into the Royal Navy as Belle Poule where she remained for twenty years until broken at Sheerness in 1801.
modelled in fruitwood with ebony keel, cannons run out, finely-carved rampant lion figurehead, stern and glazed quarter galleries, anchors with bound stocks, chain plates with deadeyes, bitts, cleats, capstan, belfry, well deck with suite of open craft, companionways, double helm, bound cut-away masts and other details, mounted on turned-brass columns within brass-bound glazed display case. Overall measurements -- 24 x 49½ x 16½in. (61 x 126 x 42cm.)
Built as La Belle Poule in Bordeaux, she was a 36-gun frigate of just over 900 tons and crewed by 254 men. When hostilities broke out with England, La Belle Poule fought a long and furious duel with the Arethusa. When Arethusa's main mast fell she was forced to withdraw, however the action was so famous, for a brief period ladies of the French Court wore a ship in their hair in the so-called 'Belle Poule Style'. It was not to last, however, and she was captured by the Nonsuch on 14th July 1781. Re-fitted at Portsmouth and absorbed into the Royal Navy as Belle Poule where she remained for twenty years until broken at Sheerness in 1801.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac), 25th Apr, 2012
