Ship Model of a Sailing Merchant Vessel
Ship Model of a Sailing Merchant Vessel
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- Description
- The model is of an unnamed three-masted sailing ship with rigging and one cloth sail at the stern. It represents a commonplace ship-rigged sailing ship of the 19th century, complete with three masts rigged with square sails. Cargo vessels like these plied all of the globe’s seas and oceans until they were gradually replaced by steamships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The few remaining examples are educational and museum ships.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ship model
- date made
- ca 1910-1920
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 in x 51 in x 9 in; 81.28 cm x 129.54 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0279.077
- accession number
- 2005.0279
- catalog number
- 2005.0279.077
- Credit Line
- Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
- subject
- Maritime
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- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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