Unrigged hull model of schooner yacht AMERICA

hull model

MODELS - VESSELS - HALF
paper; wood; oil paint
Overall: 5 1/2 x 31 3/4 x 6 1/4 in

Unrigged hull model of schooner yacht AMERICA; black topsides, green bottom, varnished? deck, white cove stripe and waterline, noticeable deck camber, scribed circle for circular cockpit, scribed circles for mast locations; mounted by L. F. Herreshoff upside down on rough-cut backboard; label (probably written in 1950s per B. Thomas) taped to backboard "MODEL OF/ AMERICA/ BELIEVED TO BE NEARLY/ 100 YEARS OLD/ LENT BY L. FRANCIS HERRESHOFF."


1985.127.1

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