24th Nov, 2020 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable)
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[M] A PICTURE HALF MODEL OF THE BOOTH LINE'S PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP R.M.S. ANSELM, 1905
A PICTURE HALF MODEL OF THE BOOTH LINE'S PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP R.M.S. ANSELM, 1905
the carved hull with detailed fittings and superstructure, complete with lifeboats in davits, depicted steaming in a calm painted paper 'sea' with cotton wool 'smoke', signed and inscribed E.C. Valle / Leixoes lower left, contained within a glazed framed case for wall hanging (loose rigging, one lifeboat detached). Overall measurements -- 26¼ x 52in. (66.5 x 132cm.)
Built by Workman Clark & Co, Belfast, Anselm, at 5,442 tons, was regarded as the new flagship for their South American passenger/cargo run. Before trooping duties in the Great War she was mainly concerned with the lucrative rubber trade between Liverpool and the Amazon ports in Brazil. When the boom ended in 1922 she was sold to Argentine owners for a New York run under the name Comodoro Rivadavia. Taken over by the Argentine Government in 1942, she was in service until a boiler explosion in 1952 killed six engineers and permanently disabled her, she was finally broken at Buenos Aires in 1961.
Sold for £930
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A PICTURE HALF MODEL OF THE BOOTH LINE'S PASSENGER/CARGO SHIP R.M.S. ANSELM, 1905
the carved hull with detailed fittings and superstructure, complete with lifeboats in davits, depicted steaming in a calm painted paper 'sea' with cotton wool 'smoke', signed and inscribed E.C. Valle / Leixoes lower left, contained within a glazed framed case for wall hanging (loose rigging, one lifeboat detached). Overall measurements -- 26¼ x 52in. (66.5 x 132cm.)
Built by Workman Clark & Co, Belfast, Anselm, at 5,442 tons, was regarded as the new flagship for their South American passenger/cargo run. Before trooping duties in the Great War she was mainly concerned with the lucrative rubber trade between Liverpool and the Amazon ports in Brazil. When the boom ended in 1922 she was sold to Argentine owners for a New York run under the name Comodoro Rivadavia. Taken over by the Argentine Government in 1942, she was in service until a boiler explosion in 1952 killed six engineers and permanently disabled her, she was finally broken at Buenos Aires in 1961.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Venerable), 24th Nov, 2020
Mercantile : 1-98
Naval : 101-179
Instruments : 181-295
Printed catalogues available at £20 (+P&P)
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