A FINE BUILDER'S MIRROR-BACK HALF MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP S.S. PORT CAROLINE BUILT FOR THE DOMINION AND COMMONWEALTH LINE LTD (PORT LINE) BY WORKMAN CLARK & CO. LTD, BELFAST, 1919

the laminated and carved hull painted red below the waterline and grey above with bilge keel, gilt-brass propeller and rudder with lined boxwood decking, replete with gilt brass fittings as appropriate and including anchor with studded chain, winches and crane, cleats, bitts, ventilators, deck rails, wooden companionways, covered lined hatches, rigged masts and derricks with blocked tackle and winches, raised white painted superstructure with bridge and wheel house with binnacle over, water tank, telegraph and lamps, covered lifeboats in davits, stayed funnel with safety value, extension pipe and hooter, engine room lights, aft superstructure with emergency steering and binnacle and other details, mounted on two turned gilt brass columns on original front silvered mirror within original carved display case with external ivorine builder's plates and mounted on later metal table stand -- cased 32 x 104½in. (81 x 265.5cm.) overall; 65½in. (166.5cm.) high

Built for the Dominion & Commonwealth Line (re-branded Port Line in 1937), Port Caroline was the first of a class of ten ships and her service speed was a healthy 14 knots. At the start of her maiden voyage she collided with Ellerman Line's City of Valencia but thereafter she did the Australian meat run without incident - including throughout World War II. After a brief period of use by the Ministry of Food as a meat storage ship, she was scrapped at Blyth in February 1950.

This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road