26th Oct, 2011 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Implacable)
256
[M] A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE IRON SHIP...
A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE IRON SHIP WAVERTREE, BUILT BY OSWALD, MORDAUNT & CO. FOR R.W. LEYLAND & CO.,1885
of typical laminated and carved form with painted upperworks, carved and gilt figurehead, lacquered decks, deck rails, ship's boats in davits, simple fittings and cut-away masts, mounted in original mahogany glazed case with silvered builder's plate -- 15 x 83½in. (38 x 212cm.)
Launched as the Southgate (for owner T.R. Oswald), she as bought by R.W. Leyland & Co. in 1888 and briefly named Toxteth and then Wavertree to allow that name to be used for the newer and slightly larger vessel then on the stocks (see lot 255). Registered at 2,170 tons, she was 285ft long with a 40ft 3in. beam and draught of 24ft 3in. After a 25-year career beginning with the Indian jute trade and then general cargo, she was dismasted off Cape Horn in December 1910 and sold. Condemned, she served as a store hulk in Chile until 1948, then transferred to Buenos Aires serving as a sandbagger under the name Don Ariano N. In 1968 she was bought by the South Street Seaport Museum and is now preserved there as a museum ship.
of typical laminated and carved form with painted upperworks, carved and gilt figurehead, lacquered decks, deck rails, ship's boats in davits, simple fittings and cut-away masts, mounted in original mahogany glazed case with silvered builder's plate -- 15 x 83½in. (38 x 212cm.)
Launched as the Southgate (for owner T.R. Oswald), she as bought by R.W. Leyland & Co. in 1888 and briefly named Toxteth and then Wavertree to allow that name to be used for the newer and slightly larger vessel then on the stocks (see lot 255). Registered at 2,170 tons, she was 285ft long with a 40ft 3in. beam and draught of 24ft 3in. After a 25-year career beginning with the Indian jute trade and then general cargo, she was dismasted off Cape Horn in December 1910 and sold. Condemned, she served as a store hulk in Chile until 1948, then transferred to Buenos Aires serving as a sandbagger under the name Don Ariano N. In 1968 she was bought by the South Street Seaport Museum and is now preserved there as a museum ship.
Sold for £5,952
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A HALF-BLOCK BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE IRON SHIP WAVERTREE, BUILT BY OSWALD, MORDAUNT & CO. FOR R.W. LEYLAND & CO.,1885
of typical laminated and carved form with painted upperworks, carved and gilt figurehead, lacquered decks, deck rails, ship's boats in davits, simple fittings and cut-away masts, mounted in original mahogany glazed case with silvered builder's plate -- 15 x 83½in. (38 x 212cm.)
Launched as the Southgate (for owner T.R. Oswald), she as bought by R.W. Leyland & Co. in 1888 and briefly named Toxteth and then Wavertree to allow that name to be used for the newer and slightly larger vessel then on the stocks (see lot 255). Registered at 2,170 tons, she was 285ft long with a 40ft 3in. beam and draught of 24ft 3in. After a 25-year career beginning with the Indian jute trade and then general cargo, she was dismasted off Cape Horn in December 1910 and sold. Condemned, she served as a store hulk in Chile until 1948, then transferred to Buenos Aires serving as a sandbagger under the name Don Ariano N. In 1968 she was bought by the South Street Seaport Museum and is now preserved there as a museum ship.
of typical laminated and carved form with painted upperworks, carved and gilt figurehead, lacquered decks, deck rails, ship's boats in davits, simple fittings and cut-away masts, mounted in original mahogany glazed case with silvered builder's plate -- 15 x 83½in. (38 x 212cm.)
Launched as the Southgate (for owner T.R. Oswald), she as bought by R.W. Leyland & Co. in 1888 and briefly named Toxteth and then Wavertree to allow that name to be used for the newer and slightly larger vessel then on the stocks (see lot 255). Registered at 2,170 tons, she was 285ft long with a 40ft 3in. beam and draught of 24ft 3in. After a 25-year career beginning with the Indian jute trade and then general cargo, she was dismasted off Cape Horn in December 1910 and sold. Condemned, she served as a store hulk in Chile until 1948, then transferred to Buenos Aires serving as a sandbagger under the name Don Ariano N. In 1968 she was bought by the South Street Seaport Museum and is now preserved there as a museum ship.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Implacable), 26th Oct, 2011
