$30
CARVED WOOD MODEL SHIPS: 'KING HIRAM', 'ENGLISH WARSHIP', AND ONE OTHER, THREE:Includes model of one of King Hiram's flagships, H 17 3/4", L 15 1/4", modeled after a 1000 B. C. ship, having two rows of eight oars per side, a single-mast, "cocks-comb" decorated stern, eight portholes, and raised on a base; one 'English Warship' model ship, H 17 3/4", L 16 3/4", modeled after a 1300 A.D. ship, in the form of a swan, having a single-mast with crow's-nest at top, four platforms, swan's neck & head at the bow; and one unidentified single-mast model ship. Three ships total. Ex. Collection of the Kingman Museum of Natural History, Battle Creek, MI.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2007-07-06