25th Apr, 2012 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac)
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[M] AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 1:24 SCALE...
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 1:24 SCALE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE TWIN-MASTED RACING SCHOONER ALINE, BUILT BY CAMPER & NICHOLSON 1860, AND LATER OWNED BY H.R.H. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES 1882-1895
the carved and hollowed hull with internal saloon table and seats; scored deck complete with detailed fittings including brass anchors, bitts, lignum vitae capstan, chain locker, stove pipe, navigation lamps, bell on belfry, saloon lights, fitted long boats swung out on davits, companionways, bilge pumps, cleats, life buoy, compass, tiller with carved ivory hound's head, gratings, stern boat in davits; the twin masts with standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, topped with flags, mounted on brass 'V' supports secured to mahogany plinth contained within wood-bound Plexiglass display case on stand (cleaned and sympathetically conserved overall; case later). Model measurements -- 57 x80in. (145 x 203cm.); Overall measurements -- 84 x 84in. (213 x 213cm.); together with copious historical notes and researches, photographs of model prior to conservation and original running rigging removed during that process
Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson's help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson's earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114'9" long with a 21'10" beam and draft of 11'6". Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590 sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America's victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen's Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale's yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline's lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.
the carved and hollowed hull with internal saloon table and seats; scored deck complete with detailed fittings including brass anchors, bitts, lignum vitae capstan, chain locker, stove pipe, navigation lamps, bell on belfry, saloon lights, fitted long boats swung out on davits, companionways, bilge pumps, cleats, life buoy, compass, tiller with carved ivory hound's head, gratings, stern boat in davits; the twin masts with standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, topped with flags, mounted on brass 'V' supports secured to mahogany plinth contained within wood-bound Plexiglass display case on stand (cleaned and sympathetically conserved overall; case later). Model measurements -- 57 x80in. (145 x 203cm.); Overall measurements -- 84 x 84in. (213 x 213cm.); together with copious historical notes and researches, photographs of model prior to conservation and original running rigging removed during that process
Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson's help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson's earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114'9" long with a 21'10" beam and draft of 11'6". Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590 sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America's victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen's Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale's yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline's lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.
Sold for £24,800
Estimated at £20,000 - £30,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 1:24 SCALE BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE TWIN-MASTED RACING SCHOONER ALINE, BUILT BY CAMPER & NICHOLSON 1860, AND LATER OWNED BY H.R.H. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES 1882-1895
the carved and hollowed hull with internal saloon table and seats; scored deck complete with detailed fittings including brass anchors, bitts, lignum vitae capstan, chain locker, stove pipe, navigation lamps, bell on belfry, saloon lights, fitted long boats swung out on davits, companionways, bilge pumps, cleats, life buoy, compass, tiller with carved ivory hound's head, gratings, stern boat in davits; the twin masts with standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, topped with flags, mounted on brass 'V' supports secured to mahogany plinth contained within wood-bound Plexiglass display case on stand (cleaned and sympathetically conserved overall; case later). Model measurements -- 57 x80in. (145 x 203cm.); Overall measurements -- 84 x 84in. (213 x 213cm.); together with copious historical notes and researches, photographs of model prior to conservation and original running rigging removed during that process
Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson's help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson's earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114'9" long with a 21'10" beam and draft of 11'6". Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590 sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America's victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen's Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale's yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline's lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.
the carved and hollowed hull with internal saloon table and seats; scored deck complete with detailed fittings including brass anchors, bitts, lignum vitae capstan, chain locker, stove pipe, navigation lamps, bell on belfry, saloon lights, fitted long boats swung out on davits, companionways, bilge pumps, cleats, life buoy, compass, tiller with carved ivory hound's head, gratings, stern boat in davits; the twin masts with standing and running rigging with carved wooden blocks, topped with flags, mounted on brass 'V' supports secured to mahogany plinth contained within wood-bound Plexiglass display case on stand (cleaned and sympathetically conserved overall; case later). Model measurements -- 57 x80in. (145 x 203cm.); Overall measurements -- 84 x 84in. (213 x 213cm.); together with copious historical notes and researches, photographs of model prior to conservation and original running rigging removed during that process
Built for for Captain Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (1822-85) and launched in 1859, Aline was a handsome twin-masted wooden racing schooner yacht designed by Ben Nicholson (allegedly with Thellusson's help) and built at the Gosport yard of Camper & Nicholson. She was the successor to Thellusson's earlier 84 ton yacht Georgiana (designed by William Camper) launched in 1854; Aline registered at 113 tons, was 114'9" long with a 21'10" beam and draft of 11'6". Most strikingly she used nearly vertical rather than raked masts which supported a total sail area of 8,590 sqare feet and was one of the first yachts to have a running bowsprit. These more than proved their worth and debunked the myth that had settled on yacht design since the America's victory in 1851 that raked masts were a superior design. She quickly justified these innovations and secured her reputation as the best known prize racing yacht of the era, until Britannia displaced her in 1893. She immediately delivered her delighted owner a series of impressive victories beginning with the Queen's Cup on the 1st August 1860 and the Round Island Race the next day. She continued to deliver winning performances for several years and in August 1876 was matched privately against the Prince of Wale's yacht Hildegarde: several hours into the race, Aline's lead was so great that Hildgarde gave up. Sold the next year to Sir Richard Sutton and again in 1877 to Lord Hastings who won again in a re-match against the Prince of Wales, still in Hildegarde. Four years later the H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) acquired the yacht and he used it regularly although does not seem to have raced her seriously. She participated in the 1887 Golden Jubilee regatta and remained with him until he built Britannia in 1893. Sold in 1895 to the Egyptian Prince Muhammed Ibrahim Halim Pasha (1870-1951), what became of her after that is not clear, but she disappeared from the register after 1904.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Anzac), 25th Apr, 2012
