Boat Model, New England Sailing Dory
Boat Model, New England Sailing Dory
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- Description
- This model represents a small rowing boat known as a New England sailing dory. During the nineteenth century, these dories were used in the fisheries near Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Dories were also carried nested on the decks of fishing vessels, especially schooners in the later nineteenth century. A dory would be launched into the open sea and filled with fish, which along the New England coast was usually cod. The sailing dory usually had one or two masts with a spritsail and a jib for heavier weather. This model represents a dory 21 feet on the gunwale and 5 feet wide; the Smithsonian purchased it in 1883 from boat builders Higgins & Gifford, Gloucester, MA.
- Object Name
- fishing dory, gloucester, rigged model
- date made
- 1883
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Gloucester
- Measurements
- overall: 84 in; 213.36 cm
- ID Number
- TR.57573
- catalog number
- 57573
- accession number
- 4986
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Transportation
- Ship Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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