Shadowbox model of brig PAUL, made by Herman Voigt, circa 1910

shadowbox model

MODELS - VESSELS - SHADOWBOX
Voigt, Herman
Circa 1910
glass; paper; wood; painting; textile
14.25 x 24.25 x 10.13

Shadowbox model made by Herman Voigt (b. Germany? 1872), ca.1910, probably in Bridgeport, CT; in wood case painted white, three glass sides, six bll feet; diorama scene of starboard view of half brig PAUL in harbor, land with windmill, lighthouse, church, houses, trees, flagpole, US flag on shore, unidentified flag on vessel (vertical stripes from top blue, white, red); Voigt named the vessel for his eldest child who was born in 1902, probably in Bridgeport.

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