English School circa 1700 CIRCA 1560 A RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT ADMIRALTY DOCKYARD MODEL OF A 96-GUN SECOND RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE, ENGLISH CIRCA 1700-1703. plank on frame construction, the fruitwood frame with exposed planking to the hull, the exposed plank deck with red japanned and ebonized rims, operational gunports, some with foliate carved surrounds, the well carved boxwood stern, with terraced admiral, and captains deck carved with putti, complete with taffrail lanterns, the stern flanks with carved mythological figures over other decks, hung with swags, the lower with columns, all with mica windows, the waist deck with anchor wheel, the boxwood bow with elaborately carved beakhead incorporating putti holding aloft a crown centering the coat of arms of the house of Stuart and Lord High Admiral, the model supported by stands of carved sea monsters and held in a copper lined case of anti-reflective glass. Length 84cm, 33½in.
English School circa 1700 CIRCA 1560 A RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT ADMIRALTY DOCKYARD MODEL OF A 96-GUN SECOND RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE, ENGLISH CIRCA 1700-1703. plank on frame construction, the fruitwood frame with exposed planking to the hull, the exposed plank deck with red japanned and ebonized rims, operational gunports, some with foliate carved surrounds, the well carved boxwood stern, with terraced admiral, and captains deck carved with putti, complete with taffrail lanterns, the stern flanks with carved mythological figures over other decks, hung with swags, the lower with columns, all with mica windows, the waist deck with anchor wheel, the boxwood bow with elaborately carved beakhead incorporating putti holding aloft a crown centering the coat of arms of the house of Stuart and Lord High Admiral, the model supported by stands of carved sea monsters and held in a copper lined case of anti-reflective glass. Length 84cm, 33½in.
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