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AN AC ELECTRIC MOTOR, PROBABLY BY NIKOLAS TESLA, CIRCA 1895
in heavily constructed iron frame with six coils around central access with silk covered wiring and contact points - 8 x 10in. (20.5 x 25.5cm.); 10kg
£800-1,200
This example has a close similarity to a verified example held in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, Object ID No. 29.1333.171
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Ø A LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY PURSER'S POCKET BALANCE
constructed of brass and contained within ebonised oak box, the lid impressed with fouled anchor and broad arrow mark - 6in. (15cm.); together with a folding guinea balance by Wilkinson, Kirkby nr Liverpool with pasted instructions and removable inset ivory rule to one side and other
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£200-300
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A RARE LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY DELZEEN CIRCLE BY ELLIOTT BROTHERS
constructed in lacquered brass and wood, signed on the side plate as per title and inset owner's ivorine plate for the Electrical Standardizing, Testing and Training Institution, London, the rotating mirror with handle - the base 18in. (45.5cm.) wide
£200-300
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A FINELY CARVED BOXWOOD TAFFRAIL CARVING BELIEVED REMOVED FROM AN ADMIRALTY BOARD MODEL, CIRCA 1720
with bust length depiction of George I to centre, flanked by allegories of Time and Neptune, with dolphin and swag of arms, now mounted to green baize, framed and glazed - carving: 4¾in. (12cm.) wide; overall measurements: 6½ x 8in. (16.5 x 20.5cm.)
£600-800
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AN ATTRACTIVE LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY SAILING MODEL OF A CUTTER
the 20in. hull carved from the solid and hollowed out with a lead keel, scored deck with access hatch, simple fittings, racked masts with yards, booms, standing and running rigging and stitched linen sails with reefing points, mounted on a later cradle stand - overall 36 x 36in. (91.5 x 91.5cm.)
£600-800
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH NAPOLEONIC PRISONER-OF-WAR WOOD AND BONE SHIP MODEL FOR A 74-GUN FRIGATE
unrigged, the 10in. planked and pinned hull with removable deck revealing sprung mechanism to operate broadside from stern cords, carved headrail and stove pipe (missing figurehead and quarter lights), mounted on two turned bone supports to wooden base with carved bone trim, contained within later plexiglass case - 7 x 15 x 7in. (18 x 38 x 18cm.)
£800-1,200
This interesting model lacks chain-plates and mast steps and so is presumed to have been left unrigged for some reason.
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AN ATTRACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY SMALL POND YACHT HULL
carved form the solid from yellow pine with ebonised topsides, scored deck with cutaway masts with bowsprit and brass keel, mounted on cradle stand - 13in. (33cm.) wide; together with another small static display model with ebonised hull, simple deck fittings and cutaway mast - 6in. (15cm.) wide; and two small open boat models
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£250-350
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AN ATTRACTIVE SAILORWORK MODEL OF THE FAMOUS SIX-MASTED SCHOONER WYOMING, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the 38in. carved hull with simulated scored planking, varnished decks with carved wooden fitting, masts with standing and running rigging and full suit of waxed vellum sails, mounted on a wooden cradle stand - 27 x 50in. (68.5 x 127cm.)
£600-800
Built by Percy & Small at Bath, Maine, Wyoming was long out-dated by the time she was launched in 1909. Described then as The largest wooden sailing vessel in the world and nicknamed "The Mighty Wyoming", her overall length (including jib-boom) was 450 feet. Her six schooner-rigged masts held 6,000 square feet of canvas and were controlled by a crew of just twelve. Capable of carrying 6,000 tons of coal, she traded successfully for eight years before several changes of hand. On the 8th March 1924, she anchored to ride out a storm off the Pollock Rip lightship, was sighted on the 12th in a pause, then the weather worsend. The following day wreckage washed up at Nantucket Island confirmed her fate, but there were no survivors.
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A STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE S.V. MAIN, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY RUSSELL OF GREENOCK FOR J. NOURSE, 1884
unsigned, circa 1980, the 15in. carved hull plated with paper and painted, the varnished decks with painted fittings, deck house and covered boats on chocks, painted masts with standing and running rigging and yards, mounted within glazed case - 14½ x 24 x 7¼in. (37 x 61 x 18.5cm.)
£250-350
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING LATE 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF THE TYNE LIFEBOAT OF 1833
the 17in. hull carved from the solid with simulated clinker hull, the interior with benches, bosun's recess, towing ring and complement of carved wooden oars, mounted on a carriage with fixed wheels and plate inscribed Made by Thomas Young, Pilot, March 16th, 1898 and loosely contained within a glazed case - overall 9½ x 18 x 10in. ( 24 x 46 x 25cm.)
£300-500
The Tyne lifeboat is the world's second oldest. Built in 1833 it was put on display in 1884 to commemorate the bravery of all lifeboat crews. Despite bomb damage in the War, it has been fully restored and is still on public display.
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AN ATTRACTIVE AND CONTEMPORARY WATERLINE MODEL OF THE HULL TRAWLER AUSTRALIA (H.1328), CIRCA 1892
possibly modelled by Triggs Maritime Architects, the 20in. carved and painted hull with scored decks with painted wood and metal fittings as appropriate including a seated crewman smoking a church warden pipe, an open bridge with captain and crewman, funnel with cotton wool 'smoke', mounted on a painted paper sea with cotton wool 'clouds', with mirrored side and back panels and painted top - overall measurement: 16¼ x 37½ x 8in. (41 x 95 x 20cm.)
£350-450
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A 19TH CENTURY MUSICAL ROCKING SHIP AUTOMATON
the 7in. wood and card model of the paddle steamer Victoria with rotating paddles, twin funnels with cotton wool smoke, paper sails with standing and running rigging, set in a waterline painted paper sea in wooden base with single turn musical movement and stop/start levers for the action with pull-cord winding - 16 x 19 x 8in. (40.5 x 48 x 20cm.); together with an associated glass dome
£200-300
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE 1:96 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSITE TEA CLIPPER ARIEL, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY ROBERT STEELE & CO., 1865
modelled by I.W. Marsh circa 1957, with 24in. carved hull copper sheathed below the waterline and ebonised and scored above with port holes, boarding companionway with gratings, sponson boom, carved bone figurehead with scrollwork, finely planked decks with fittings including green painted capstan and anchor winch, with studded chain and metal anchors, companionway with brass ship's bell, covered hatches, belaying rails and pins, carved ship's boats, one lashed over a chicken coop, deck house with chimney and fire buckets, signalling guns, brass binnacle and helm with steering gear revealed under hinged lid, painted and lined bulwarks, masts with painted lower sections and yards, with standing and running riggings with blocks and tackle and suspension chains, yards with foot ropes and stuns'l booms, mounted on two turned brass supports within glazed oak display case with historical data on printed card - cased dimensions 25 x 51 x 18in. (63.5 x 129.5 x 46cm.)
£6,000-8,000
Provenance: 1956 Model Engineer Exhibition (awarded Silver in Sailing Category); 1957 boarded Mayflower II and exhibited in United States; Alan Villiers collection; l on loan to National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1982-1992, Ref No. NMM1865-17 / SLR0977; and thence by descent
Models by the renowned modeller Ike W. Marsh are exceptionally rare with most examples now in museum collections - three are stored at Chatham as part of the national collection at Greenwich where this lot was formerly on loan. The attention to detail that Marsh provides is remarkable and that, combined with his instinct for good presentation ensure his models are highly prized on the rare occasion they come to open market. Marsh met Villiers when he was taken on as a rigger during the filming of the Gregory Peck movie Moby Dick. As a consequence, Peck commissioned a model from Marsh which is presumably now in America, but Marsh was latterly hired by Villiers as bosun aboard the Mayflower II for her trip to America in 1957 when he took this model with him for a loan exhibition, selling it to Villiers shortly thereafter. His full hull models always have similar characteristics with singular sheathing, painted yards reefed round, boats stowed upside down, fiendishly detailed and accurate silk rigging (he was a rigger by trade); ornate turned brass supports and roomy airtight cases which are often signed alongside a glass panel within.
Of all the magnificent tea clippers of the 1860's, Ariel proved one of the fastest and certainly one of the best known after her performance in the Tea Race of 1866. Built at Greenock by Robert Steele in 1865, Ariel had been ordered for Shaw, Lowther & Maxton of London for their prestigious China fleet and no expense was spared in her construction. Registered at 852 tons net, she measured 197½ feet in length with a 33¼ foot beam, and proved capable of a remarkable 16 knots when coaxed by the right captain in optimum conditions. In fact, she made her name for speed from the start when, leaving Foochow loaded with the new season's tea on May 28th, 1866, she began her epic run home in company with Taeping and three other famous clippers. Dashing across the world's oceans, passing and re-passing each other continuously, Ariel and Taeping raced neck and neck up the English Channel and finally docked in London within half-an-hour of each other on the evening of September 6th after the most spectacular race in the history of the tea trade. Equally good passages followed almost every year until she retired from the tea route in 1871 after which she switched to the Australia run. On January 31st, 1872, she cleared London for Sydney but was never heard of again nor was any trace of her ever found, a tragic end for such a legendary flyer.
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SAILOR'S WATERLINE MODEL OF THE SAIL TRAINING SHIP JOSEPH CONRAD, MODELLED DURING HER CIRCUMNAVIGATION, CIRCA 1935
constructed by Knut Wilhelms with 11in. carved and painted hull, wooden deck with fittings including deck rails, capstan, ventilators, companionways, deck houses, covered boats in davits, binnacle, helm with steering gear, masts with standing and running rigging with blocks and tackle and other details, mounted in a moulded painted green sea and contained within glazed wooden case with remnant provenance label to top autographed by Alan Villiers. Overall measurements - 10½ x 21½ x 8½in. (26.5 x 54.5 x 21.5cm.); together with a quantity of associated ephemera including original ship's manifest signed by the crew; model plans; contact prints from the circumnavigation; a quantity of contemporary press clippings and other material.
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£300-500
Provenance: Alan Villiers and thence by descent.
A note contained amongst the ephemera states that the provenance label signed by Villiers attached to the top of the case and which claims that the carpenter, Uske Osterman, made the model is incorrect and that the steward, 20 year old Knut Wilhelms was in fact responsible. Launched in 1882 as the Danish training ship Georg Stage, she was saved from the scrap yard by the Australian sailor Alan Villiers who fitted her as private yacht and, with a young crew of trainee sailors, circumnavigated the world between October 1934-36 sailing some 57,000 nautical miles. The trip bankrupted Villiers and he sold it to Huntington Hartford who added an engine and used it as yacht until he donated to the United States coast guard as a training ship in 1942. After the war in 1947 she was in turn handed over the Mystic Seaport Museum where she is still preserved as a floating museum ship.
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A 1:24 SCALE MODEL OF A NORTHUMBERLAND COBLE
the clinker hull with stringers, seats, masts and furled sale, rudder with detachable tiller and oars, mounted on a wooden display base - 7 x 29in (18 x 73.5cm.)
£250-350
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A BUILDER'S HALF MODEL FOR RIVER BOAT NO. 64, CIRCA 1910
carved from the solid with painted topsides and deck with deck house and funnel, mounted on a two-tone waterline display board with lug for wall hanging - 10¾ x 53¾in. (27.5 x 136.5cm.)
£80-120
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A WELL PRESENTED ¼IN. TO THE 1FT SCALE HALF-MODEL OF THE YACHT SUMURUN, DESIGNED BY WILLIAM FIFE & SON, 1895
modelled by P. Ward, with laminated carved hull with painted top sides, deck fittings including deck lights, companionways, helm, etc. and cutaway masts with booms, mounted on a wooden display board with engraved brass plate - overall dimensions: 9½ x 31½in. (24 x 80cm.)
£250-350
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A WELL PRESENTED AND FINELY DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE LIGHT CRUISER H.M.S. ACHILLES AS FITTED IN 1939
modelled by John R. Haynes with 34in. laminated carved hull with port holes with rigoles, boarding ladders and armour plating, lined wooden decks with detailed fittings as appropriate including anchors with studded chains, deck rails, main and secondary armament, search lights, torpedo tubes, Supermarine Walrus biplane on catapult with crane, suite of fitted launches and boats and much other fine detailing, mounted on a green painted sea base with name plate and contained within glazed wooden display case - overall measurements 11½ x 41in. (29 x 104cm.)
£3,000-5,000
In December 1939, three British cruisers - Ajax, Achilles and Exeter - under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood formed one of various task forces searching the South Atlantic for the German pocket-battleship Graf Spee which had been preying on the Allied merchant shipping since soon after the War began. Harwood believed Graf Spee would be attracted to the busy shipping lanes off the estuary of the River Plate and his intuition proved uncannily accurate when he sighted his adversary on 13 December. Splitting his force to sail either side of Graf Spee, Harwood went into action immediately. Within half-an hour, all three of his cruisers had been damaged, with Exeter and Ajax so severely mauled that Harwood was forced to retire. Instead of pursuing his quarry when he was in a position either to defeat them or to escape, Captain Langsdorff took Graf Spee into the neutral port of Montevideo where he was allowed to remain for a few days. Believing that he was boxed in by a superior force which was growing by the day, Langsdorff took his ship out into the Plate estuary on 17 December and scuttled her. A somewhat hollow victory for the Royal Navy, the three cruisers had nevertheless fought valiantly against a much more powerful enemy whose sinking provided a sorely-needed boost to British morale as the War gathered momentum.
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AN IMPRESSIVE AND FINELY DETAILED 1:48 STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STEAM YACHT STANDART, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY BURMEISTER & WAIN, COPENHAGEN, 1895
modelled by A. Baranov and Y. Vladimirovich, in alder, pear and black hornbeam, the planked hull sheathed below the waterline with twin three-blade brass propellers, brass and wood rudder, finely chased brass stern decoration with Imperial crest, carved double-headed eagle figurehead, port holes, brass rope bulwarks, boarding companionways with gratings, handrails and panelled doors, metal anchors with studded chain, planked decks with fittings including deck rails, bollards, polished brass ventilators, capstan, companionways with brass hinges and port holes, eight signalling guns, raised superstructure with glazed panelling with overbridge, telegraphs, binnacle and double helm, stayed funnels, engine room lights, six finely observed launches in davits, with an additional three finely fitted steam launches, state dining salon, gratings, three racked masts with standing and running rigging and other fine detail, mounted on brass supports to ebonised display base - overall measurements: 42 x 110in. (107 x 279.5cm.)
£10,000-15,000
Tsar Ncholas II of Russia continued the tradition started by his father Alexander III and each summer, to escape the stifling protocol of the Imperial Court but also the ever-present fear of assassination in the deteriorating political climate, took his family on an extended cruise in the Baltic. The Tsar, Tsarina and their children went to Nicholas' new yacht Standart. Built by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen in 1895, she registered 4334 tons, was 420 feet in length with a 50½ft beam, could steam at 18 knots and was the largest and most impressive royal yacht in Europe until King Edward VII's Victoria & Albert III came into service in 1902. Layed up after the revolution, in 1936 the Soviet Navy changed her name to Marti and used her as a mine-layer until scrapped in 1963.
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A 1:65 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN HARBOUR PATROL SHIP COMMANDER BERING [1905]
modelled by G. Cheikhet, the carved and painted hull with brass strap-work, planked decks crowded with detailed polished brass and wood fittings, including anchors with chains and winches, deck rails, Nordenfeldt-type machine guns, companionways, ventilators, sail winches, pipework, racked masts with stitched linen sails with rigging, wheelhouse with binnacle and searchlight over, fitted boats in davits, funnels with safety valve extension pipe, engine room lights, saloon, emergency helm and other details, mounted on turned brass columns to display base within glazed wooden case - 20 x 37 x 9½in. (51 x 94 x 24cm.)
£1,500-2,500
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The patrol ship Commander Bering was, with her sister the Lieutenant Dydymov, built at the Nickolayevsky Shipyard in Nikolaev at a cost of 90,000 roubles each. They were intended to guard fishing waters in the Far East, to which Russia had claims, but doubts were expressed as to whether they were stable enough to safely make their intended base at Vladivostok and it seems they were used for harbour defence and coastal patrol work in and around St. Petersburg instead. Their fates have yet to be established.
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A 1:50 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL FOR A NAVAL SAILING AND PULLING DINGY OF CIRCA 1750
modelled by G. Cheikhet in pearwood, redwood and oak, the 9in. framed and planked hull with crossboards, thwarts and oars, rudder attached with brass pintles and keel, rigged mast with stitched linen sails, mounted on brass pedestals in glazed wooden case - 14 x 18 x 7in. (35.5 x 45.5 x 18cm.)
£400-600
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A PAIR OF 1:50 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODELS FOR A NAVAL GUN BOAT AND A LAUNCH OF CIRCA 1800
modelled by G. Cheikhet with planked and framed hulls with fine brass work strapping, each containing furled masts and oars, the gun boat containing two swivel mounted carronades mounted at bow and stern, each mounted on brass pedestals in glazed display cases - 17¾ x 13 x 7in. (45 x 33 x 18cm.)
£600-800
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AN EXHIBITION STANDARD 1:32 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL YACHT QUEEN VICTORIA, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY J. SAMUEL WHITE AT EAST COWES, 1846
modelled by A. Baranov from his own researches, in alder, pear and black hornbeam woods, the hull sheathed below the waterline with ebonised topsides and finely chased brass bow and stern decoration and finely carved figurehead of the queen, the planked decks with treenails and fittings including metal anchors with bound wooden stocks, anchor winch with hawse pipes, belaying rails and pins, deck and saloon lights with glazing, metal bilge pump with eccentric crank shaft, covered companionways with panelled sides and seats, brass binnacle and helm, two finely constructed lifeboats swung-out in davits, racked masts with standing and running rigging with bound blocks and tackle, and full suit of stitched linen sails, mounted on two brass supports to ebonised display base - overall measurements 43 x 54in. (109 x 137cm.)
£4,000-6,000
Provenance: This model was awarded gold at the All Russian Shipmodelling Competition Championship, 2017; and silver in the Ukrainian Shipmodelling Championship, 2012
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With 'Russophobia' on the rise since 1820 over tensions with India and elsewhere, the British Government, capitalising on the new Queen's youth and in an attempt to break with the past, presented this yacht as a diplomatic gift to Tsar Nicholas I. Built by Joseph White of Cowes and registered at 95ft long with a 22ft beam, it was supposed to be launched at midday 10th June 1846 in the presence of the Grand Duke Constantine and Queen Victoria, but as it turned out, the Victoria & Albert aboard which they were travelling was delayed and so in the event the Russian consul smashed a bottle of Lacryma Christi over the bow and launched her. The I.Y. Queen Victoria was indeed splendidly appointed with ceremonial cabins decorated with rosewood and maple with a bird's-eye texture and a gilt full length figurehead of the Queen herself and became the first yacht of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, founded by Nicholas on the 1st May the same year. A great success, she raced for many seasons and her life was extended by a substantial refit, but by 1884 she was worn out and had to be broken up.
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A MODEL MOTOR YACHT NO. 3 BY BASSETT LOWKE, CIRCA 1940
the 30in. carved and painted hull with lined boxwood deck with wooden, silvered and painted fittings including gun to foredeck, with removable superstructure to electric motor, contained within original hinged box of issue - 12 x 32in. (30.5 x 81cm.); with facsimile 1932 publicity advertising the model at £9.9.0
£1,000-1,500
The addition of a gun to the foredeck suggests this model post-dates the Dunkirk evacuation and represents a 'little ship'.
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A BASSETT LOWKE MODEL S.S. EXPLORER, CIRCA 1935
the 29in. carved hull with electric motor, lined decks with carved wood and metal fittings as appropriate, harpooning gun to foc'sle, maker's label on stern deck house, masts with standing and running rigging, removable superstructure with bridge and stayed funnel to engine compartment, now mounted to black plexiglass display base with perspex cover - overall measurements: 17½ x 37½ x 7in. (44.5 x 95 x 18cm.)
£500-800
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A TIN-PLATE MODEL OF A TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER BY BASSETT LOWKE, CIRCA 1937
the hull with designation number L03 (Cossack), with maker's label and removable superstructure, the interior containing electric motor and spare components - 13 x 39in. (33 x 99cm.); contained within later fitted box
£1,000-1,500
The model contains an associated electric motor and spare components suggesting it is an incomplete restoration project.
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AN ELECTRIC DAY CRUISER IOLANTHE II BY BASSETT LOWKE, CIRCA 1935
the 28in. painted wooden hull with maker's transfer label to stern, brass deck fittings, removable superstructure to electric motor to single shaft with propeller (missing one blade), friction rudder, contained within cardboard box of issue with maker's label - 7 x 29in. (18 x 74cm.)
£800-1,200
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A CLOCKWORK LAUNCH MERCURY BY BASSETT LOWKE LTD, CIRCA 1925
the painted hull with transfer maker's label to stern, cabin with screen, wheel and seat, rudder with spring return and plugged keyhole to clockwork motor - overall measurements 5 x 25in. (13 x 63.5cm.)
£150-250
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A LIVE STEAM LAUNCH BY BASSETT LOWKE, CIRCA 1930
the hull carved from the solid with varnished deck with maker's label containing spirit fired steam motor to single propeller, with counter-signed pressure gauge, removable forward cover - 9 x 39in. (23 x 99cm.); contained within associated wooden box with cradle stand
£600-800
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AN ELECTRIC CRUISING YACHT BY BASSETT LOWKE, CIRCA 1930
the hull with electric motor to single propellor, carved base and laminated sides, lined pine deck with maker's label, simple fittings and removable superstructure - 14 x 33in. (35.5 x 84cm.); contained within associated wooden case
£400-600
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A SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE THAMES TUG SUN XVI, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY A. HALL, ABERDEEN, 1946 FOR THE PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY
modelled by J.W Stanford, the 25in. carved and painted hull with fittings as appropriate, mounted on moulded and painted base signed J.W. Stanford 21-12-95, contained within glazed case with painted backdrop of the Thames estuary - overall measurements 15½ x 35¼ x 12½in. (39 x 89.5 x 31.5cm.)
£400-600
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A WELL PRESENTED WATERLINE MODEL FOR THE TUG RUMANIA, ORIGINALLY BUILT BY CLELENDS SUCCESSORS FOR WILLIAM WATKINS LTD, 1944
modelled by J. W. Stanford, the 22in. carved and painted hull complete with carved and painted fittings as appropriate, mounted in a moulded and painted sea within glazed case with painted backdrop of the White Cliffs of Dover, signed on the back and dated 1992 - 13½ x 30¼ x 12½in. (34 x 77 x 31.5cm.)
£400-600
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A SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE TUG TURMOIL, PROBABLY BUILT FOR THE ADMIRALTY IN 1945
modelled by J.W. Stanford, with 27in. carved painted hull, with red decks complete with fittings and superstructure as appropriate, mounted in a moulded painted sea with maker's plate dated 25-2003, contained within glazed case with painted backdrop of a Scottish cargo ship in distress - overall measurements 13¾ x 36½ x 12½in. (35 x 93 x 32cm.)
£400-600
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A WELL PRESENTED SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE THAMES TUG SUN XVIII
modelled by J.W. Stanford, with 12in. carved hull, with detailed painted fittings and superstructure as appropriate, mounted to a moulded river base with maker's label dated 21-05, with painted backdrop of Royal Hospital Greenwich beyond - 7 x 17 x 7½in. (18 x 43 19cm.); together with a 14in. model of the Sun XXI, with painted backdrop of Thames estuary by the same hand; and a 13in. waterline model of Orcades
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£350-550
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AN ATTRACTIVE PROBABLY DOCKYARD APPRENTICE 1:12 SCALE MODEL FOR AN EIGHT-MAN CUTTER OF CIRCA 1850
the hull carved from the solid with contrasting topsides, painted interior with lined ribs, seats, crutches, and stern seat with tiller rudder, mounted on a cradle stand, together with two oars, the model - 25in. (63.5cm.) wide
£600-800
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A MODERN ½IN. TO 1FT HALF-BLOCK MODEL FOR A SADLER 29
modelled by P. Ward with a carved and painted hull, cutaway mast and boom, mounted in a display board with legend - 9 x 18in. (23 x 45.5cm.); together with another for a Sadler 34 9½ x 23½in. (24 x 59.5cm.)
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£150-250
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A BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIP M.V. SENIORITY, BUILT BY THE GOOLE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIRING CO. FOR F.T. EVERARD & SONS LTD, 1951
built by Sinclair Model Engineering Co., the laminated and carved hull finished in green below the waterline and cream above, with silvered decks with green covered hatches, with silvered and painted fittings as appropriate, including anchors with winches, deck-rails, bitts, companionways, fitted glazed bridge with binnacle and helm and binnacle over, stove pipe, single lanyards and wireless aerial, mast with navigation lights, the aft with livered funnel, covered boats in davits, lifebuoys and other details, mounted on four turned gilt brass columns to raised display base with maker's plate and engraved plexiglass builder's plate within original glazed wooden case with feet - overall measurements: 34 x 68 x 18½in. (86.5 x 173 x 47cm.)
£1,500-2,500
Provenance: Everard's employee Edmund "Bunny" Birthright (1931-2019), and thence by descent
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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE TANKER M.T. FERNCOURT, BUILT BY ERIKSBERG MV, GÖTEBORG FOR FERNLEY & EAGER, OSLO, 1955
the laminated and carved hull finished in two-tone red with black topsides, dark grey decks with painted and gilt brass fittings as appropriate, including winches, companionways, deck-rails, superstructure with comms mast, pipework, gantries, funnel with engine room lights, covered boats in davits and other details, mounted on four silvered tapering columns to display base with laminated builder's plate and glazed wooden display case - overall measurements: 19 x 81 x 14½in. (48 x 206 x 37cm.)
£2,000-3,000
Provenance: With Langford's Marine Antiques
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A BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE TANKER S.S. VACUUM PIONEER, BUILT BY THE GRANGEMOUTH DOCKYARD COMPANY LTD FOR THE VACUUM OIL COMPANY LTD, 1953
the 30in. laminated and carved hull finished in red below the waterline with black topsides, plimsoll marks and black painted deck with detailed painted metal fittings including anchors, winches, deck rails, companionways, covered hatches, rigged masts and derrick, superstructure and fire buckets over, engine-room ventilators, gangways, stayed funnel with livery and other details, mounted on two brass columns within glazed wooden case (stern panel cracked) with maker's plate and tapering legs on casters - overall measurements: 43¾ x 37½ x 12in. (111 x 90.5 x 30.5cm.); together with a framed menu and photograph from the launching ceremony of Vacuum Pioneer and a certificate of authenticity from Langford's Marine Antiques, dated 1982
£1,500-2,500
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Vacuum Pioneer was the last British steam powered coastal tanker to be built. Completed for the Vacuum Oil Company (later Mobil Oil) in 1953, she registered 1650 tons, was 245ft in length with a 40ft beam. On 13th October 1970, she collided with the collier Worthing (ex-Dulwich) and declared a total loss being broken up at Blythe eleven days later.
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A BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE M.V. COUNTY CLARE, BUILT FOR SATURN SHIPPING BY AUSTIN & PICKERSGILL LTD, SUNDERLAND, 1970
the carved and laminated hull finished in red and black, with bilge keels, gilt metal four-bladed propeller and rudder, with white topsides and painted deck with details including deck rails, anchor winches, companionways, covered hatches, raised derricks with winches and rigging, aft superstructure with bridge and wing bridges, communications mast, liveried funnel, lifeboats in davits, spare propeller etc., contained within glazed case with maker's label for the Sunderland Model Making Co. Ltd. and specification plate. Overall measurements - 25 1/4 x 87 x 19in. (64 x 221 x 48.2cm.)
£1,500-2,000
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Renamed Al-Taha (1974) and broken up at Alang in March 1987.
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A BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE CARGO SHIP M.V. TUDOR, BUILT BY KOCKUMS, MALMO FOR WILH. WILHELMSEN, OSLO, 1949
modelled by Magnus Pedersen, Oslo, 1949, the laminated and carved hull finished red below the waterline and black with plimsoll marks and white boot top, black painted decks with painted, metal and wooden fittings including anchors with winches, ventilators, bitts, covered hatches, masts with davits, companionways, deck rails, superstructure with green glass windows, overbridge with binnacle and rangefinder, funnel with safety valve extension pipe, engine-room lights, awning stanchions, five fitted boats in davits and other details, mounted in two chromed supports within glazed wooden case with engraved metal builder's plate and maker's plate - overall measurements: 19 x 61 x 13½in. (48 x 155 x 34cm.)
£3,000-4,000
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY TANKER EAGLESDALE, BUILT BY FURNESS SHIPBUILDING FOR THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, 1941, AND PRESENTED TO ERNEST BEVIN, MINISTER OF LABOUR, WHO LAUNCHED THE SHIP
the 28in. carved hull with grey painted topsides and deck, with detailed metal fittings as appropriate including anchor winches, deck rails, companionways, superstructure with anti-aircraft guns over, rangefinder, signal lanyard and radio aerial, pipework, aft funnel with ladder, stays and safety valve extension pipe, covered boats in davits, and other details, mounted in two brass columns on original glazed display case with builder's plate, secured to a stepped Art Deco table stand - overall measurements including stand: 45 x 40½ x 15in. (114 x 103 x 38cm.)
£3,000-5,000
Provenance: Presented by shipbuilder to Ernest Bevin 1941; gifted to Vincent Tewson (General Secretary of the T.U.C.), and thence by descent.
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Concerned at the age of the R.F.A. fleet, an emergency War programme was commenced and Eaglesdale was one of an intended nineteen 'Dale' Class freighters hastily laid down in December 1940 and launched eleven months later. The class was never completed and ultimately comprised a mish-mash of acquisitions and referrals, but the overall objective of refreshing the fleet was more-or-less achieved. Eaglesdale registered a little over 8,000 tons and was 479ft long with a 61ft beam with a useful carrying capacity of 580,273 cubic feet. She served successfully throughout the War supplying many RN warships with essential fuel oil whilst on tour, and is listed on the Merchant Marine Memorial for the repatriation in 1942 of eight crew lost on the S.S. Mendoza which was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean by U-178. In 1959 the Admiralty listed her for sale, but with no commercial takers, German breakers bought her for £65,000 and she was sent to Hamburg for breaking.
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A DETAILED BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE CARGO SHIPS TOTTENHAM, TWICKENHAM AND TEDDINGTON, BUILT BY THE CALEDON SHIPBUILDING CO. FOR THE BRITISH STEAMSHIP CO., 1940-41
the laminated and carved hull finished in red below the waterline, lavender grey above with plimsoll marks and bilge keels, the red painted decks with details, silvered fittings throughout including anchors and winches, bitts, ventilators, masts with derricks and winches, superstructure with lined boxwood decks, water tanks, covered holds, stayed funnel with ladder and safety valve extension pipe, safety pipes, four covered boats in davits and other fine detailing, contained within original glazed wooden case with bronzed builder's plate with white filled lettering (stained lower right) - overall measurements: 20 x 64½ x 17½in. (51 x 164 x 45cm.)
£6,000-8,000
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Completed between March 1940 and June 1941, these ships were registered at 4,762 tons, were 417½ft long with a 56½ft beam. Tottenham had joined the 41-ship Convoy OB-327 departing Liverpool 28th May 1941. The convoy dispersed on the 4th June and Tottenham proceeded towards Suez. On 17th June she was spotted by a seaplane from the German commerce raider Atlantis which was steaming disguised as the Norwegian Tamesis. Ignoring a warning shot, Tottenham got a distress message away and opened fire. Atlantis's 3in. shells proved superior and Tottenham's crew scuttled the ship, which was carrying munitions and war materials, and took to the boats. Atlantis picked up one boat but refused to look for the second which was found eleven days later by the S.S. Mahronda which passed them to a PoW camp in Norway; Teddington was between London and Durban when, on 17th September 1941, she was cornered off Cromer by a German schnelboot which failed to sink her but left her without power. Put under tow, she grounded, caught fire and was bombed by the Lufewaffe which broke her back, whilst partially salvaged, she was finally removed with explosives in 1954. Twickenham was the only one of this trio to survive unscathed, and apart from changing her name to Jag Mata in 1958, she was broken up in 1963.
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A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE S.S OSLO, BUILT BY SHORT BROTHERS, SUNDERLAND FOR THE STEAM SHIP CO. PACIFIC, A/S, COPENHAGEN, 1949
the laminated and carved hull finished in two-tone red with grey topsides and lacquered boxwood decks, lined decks and hatch covers, complete with detailed gold-plated fittings as appropriate including winches, companionways, ventilators, masts rigged with derricks, overbridge with awning stanchion, binnacle, rangefinder, fire buckets, stayed livered funnel, fitted boats in davits, emergency helm and much other fine detailing, mounted on four gilt brass columns within original glazed mahogany case with pair of builder's ivorine plates - overall measurements 19 x 49 x 14in. (48 x 124.5 x 35.5cm.)
£5,500-6,500
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AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BUILDER'S MODEL OF THE JAPANESE MAIL STEAMERS YAMASHIRO MARU AND OMI MARU, BUILT BY SIR W.G. ARMSTRONG, MITCHELL & CO. FOR THE NIPPON YUSEN LINE, 1884
the laminated and carved hull painted pink below waterline with black topside, white boot top and decorative gilt dragons to bow, boarding companionway, white lined decks, with silvered, oxidised and wooden fittings including anchors with studded chains and winch, wood capped deck rails, forward bridge with navigation lights, binnacle and telegraph, companionways, ventilators, cutaway masts, belaying rails and pins, main bridge with helm, stayed funnel with insignia, engine-room lights, six fitted boats in davits, saloon lights, deck house, emergency helm, coal chute covers, and other details, mounted on turned gilt brass column in mahogany glazed display case with ivorine builder's plate - overall measurements 25½ x 87 x 21½in. (65 x 221 x 54.5cm.)
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Designed as a pair of essentially identical sisters, Omi Maru and Yamashiro Maru were built in Sir William Armstrong, Mitchell & Co.'s 'Low Water' Yard, on the Tyne, in 1884. Ordered by the recently established Japan Mail Steamship Company or Kyodo Unyu Kaisha (KUK), they were constructed of iron throughout, measured 301 feet in length with a 37.5 foot beam, and were powered to 14 knots by 2-cylinder surface-condensing compound engines by the Wallsend Slipway Company of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Omi Maru (Yard no. 468) was launched first, on 27th March 1884, and registered at 2,473 tons gross (1,533 net); Yamashiro Maru (Yard no. 467) followed soon after and was registered at 2,528 tons gross (1,567 net). In addition to useful cargo space, each vessel had ample and well-appointed passenger accommodation in three classes and both entered service together. KUK had been established in 1882 and, from the outset, had received a state-subsidised mail contract. However, just as the two new steamers were nearing completion, the Japanese government came to the decision that it was uneconomic to continue subsidising two rival companies, with the result that KUK was amalgamated with its slightly older competitor Mitsubishi Shokai (founded 1875), to form the new company of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). Thus, both Omi Maru and Yamashiro Maru began their successful twenty-five year careers working for what would, in the future, become one of the world's greatest shipping conglomerates, and with one of them, Yamashiro Maru, achieving significant individual celebrity.
Between 1885 and 1892, Yamashiro Maru ran a pioneering transport service from Yokohama to Honolulu for impoverished Japanese emigrants, docking in Honolulu with her first 'cargo' of 978 labourers on 17th June, 1885. Over the next few years, she carried some 10,000 migrant workers to Hawaii until, in 1894, she and her sister Omi Maru were commandeered by the Japanese government for active service as "torpedo ships" following the outbreak of war with China. So successful were the sisters in this role - and so easy had they been to adapt for it - that Armstrong, Mitchell, their builders, received considerable acclaim in Japan which soon resulted in new orders for a number of expensive purpose-built warships. Released from war service towards the end of 1895, Yamashiro Maru was then selected as the flagship to inaugurate NYK's new Yokohama-Melbourne service in 1896, with Omi Maru and a third ship joining the route soon afterwards. On her maiden run, Yamashiro Maru left Yokohama on 3rd October and proceeded to Hong Kong via Kobe and Nagasaki. Clearing Hong Kong on 17 th October having loaded additional cargo, she was in Australian waters on the 27th and was greeted in Brisbane, her first call, by a huge crowd and a civic reception. The enterprise proved an instant success and the name of Yamashiro Maru immediately became synonymous with the new service from Japan.
In 1904, Japan found herself at war again, this time with Russia, and Yamashiro Maru was once more pressed into service, on this occasion as a hospital ship. Released at the end of 1905, she returned to her popular Australia run for four more years until laid up, with her sister Omi Maru, when the company decided that the sisters had become obsolete. Sold for scrapping, the pair remained together till the last and were broken up alongside each other at Osaka in March 1910. Without doubt, the sisters, most especially Yamashiro Maru, were the pride of the Japanese Merchant Marine in their day and it seems a pity that their names are not better known.
£10,000-15,000
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