29th Apr, 2025 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (INFLEXIBLE)
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[M] A MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF-MODEL FOR THE S.S. 'BLUSH ROSE', BUILT BY DE MERWEDE S&M (HOLLAND) FOR RICHARD HUGHES & CO., LIVERPOOL, 1913
A MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF-MODEL FOR THE S.S. BLUSH ROSE, BUILT BY DE MERWEDE S&M (HOLLAND) FOR RICHARD HUGHES & CO., LIVERPOOL, 1913
the 46in. laminated and carved hull with white lined decks and hatch covers, gold plated fittings as appropriate, open bridge with binnacle and telegraph, cutaway funnel and masts, fitted lifeboat in davits, mounted on back-silvered top mirror above the waterline, with ivorine builder's plate on wooden base, contained within original glazed case with top glass and angled end mirrors -- 16 x 61 x 7½in. (40.5 x 155 x 19cm.)
Around midnight on the 2nd August 1945, Blush Rose (registered at 645 tons) sank after a collision in dense fog with Blue Funnel Line's 7644-ton S.S. Glaucus twenty miles off Holyhead whilst in passage between Dublin and Preston in ballast. Her fifteen crew were rescued by Glaucus and landed at Holyhead.
Sold for £2,480
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A MIRROR-BACKED BUILDER'S HALF-MODEL FOR THE S.S. BLUSH ROSE, BUILT BY DE MERWEDE S&M (HOLLAND) FOR RICHARD HUGHES & CO., LIVERPOOL, 1913
the 46in. laminated and carved hull with white lined decks and hatch covers, gold plated fittings as appropriate, open bridge with binnacle and telegraph, cutaway funnel and masts, fitted lifeboat in davits, mounted on back-silvered top mirror above the waterline, with ivorine builder's plate on wooden base, contained within original glazed case with top glass and angled end mirrors -- 16 x 61 x 7½in. (40.5 x 155 x 19cm.)
Around midnight on the 2nd August 1945, Blush Rose (registered at 645 tons) sank after a collision in dense fog with Blue Funnel Line's 7644-ton S.S. Glaucus twenty miles off Holyhead whilst in passage between Dublin and Preston in ballast. Her fifteen crew were rescued by Glaucus and landed at Holyhead.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (INFLEXIBLE), 29th Apr, 2025
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ORDER OF SALE :
Mercantile Sail: lots 1-47
Mercantile Steam: lots 49-129
Naval Sail: lots 135-197
Naval Steam: lots 200-291
Navigation & Scientific Instruments: lots 292-307
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