AN ATTRACTIVE AND CONTEMPORARY WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HULL TRAWLER AUSTRALIA (H.1328), CIRCA 1892

possibly modelled by Triggs Maritime Architects, the 20in. carved and painted hull with scored decks with painted wood and metal fittings as appropriate including a seated crewman smoking a church warden pipe, an open bridge with captain and crewman, funnel with cotton wool 'smoke', mounted on a painted paper sea with cotton wool 'clouds', with mirrored side and back panels and painted top -- overall measurement: 16¼ x 37½ x 8in. (41 x 95 x 20cm.)

Condition Report

model in good overall condition with wear commensurate with age, paper sea cracked in a few places.

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