Half model of schooner yacht CONSTELLATION

half model

Half model of schooner yacht (#253) CONSTELLATION. Vessel designer: Edward Burgess, vessel builder: Henry Piepgras, City Island, N.Y., Vessel owner: E.D. Morgan, homeport Newport, R.I. Vessel built 1889. Model construction: 8 lifts, starboard view, white bottom, black topsides, natural deck, rudder, cap rail, stub bowsprit, two stub masts, backboard natural mahogany, inlay around edge. Painted on lower lift corner of backboard "CONSTELLATION/ 1889", lower right "253". Bronze plaque: "YACHT CONSTRLLATION/ DESIGNED BY/ EDWARD BURGESS/ BUILT BY/ HENRY PIEPGRAS/ CITY ISLAND/ N.Y."