A LATE 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF THE AMERICAN CLIPPER SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS (1852)

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 显示更多

细节

A LATE 19TH CENTURY MODEL OF THE AMERICAN CLIPPER SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS (1852)
2ith masts, yards with stun's'l booms and footropes, standing and running rigging with blocks, dolphin striker, carved figurehead in the form of a medieval maiden with out-stretched arm, metal anchors with bound wooden stocks and chains, catheads, bitts, capstan, anchor winch, companionways, belaying rails and pins, deck housing with outlined and tinted features with two ship's boats and spares stowed over, bilge pumps, two lifeboats in davits, ventilators, water barrels in chocks, cabin lights, carved helm and other details. The hull, carved from the solid, with lined lacquered decks, rudder, chain plates and deadeyes, is finished in green below the water line and black and mounted on a display base with brass legend. Measurements overall -- 29 x 41in. (74 x 104cm.)
See illustration

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to Collection and Storage Charges.

拍品专文

Designed and built by Donald McKay, Sovereign of the Seas was registered at 2,242 tons when launched in 1852 and soon acquired a reputation for record-breaking speeds, on one famous occasion achieving 411 miles in a 24-hour period. So confident was the Black Ball Line in her reliability that they chartered her for the Australia run, advertising her with the singular statement Freight seven pounds a ton for Melbourne, forty shillings a ton to be returned if 'Sovereign' does not make a faster passage than any steamer on the berth -- which she did. Upon her return, she was sold to J.C. Godeffroy & Son and was sailing under their flag enroute to China in 1859 when she ran aground on Pyramid Shoal and became a total loss, her crew rescued by the American ship Eloisa.