Builder's half model of Hudson River sloop

builder's half model

MODELS - VESSELS - HALF
Leek, Henry
USA, NY
0 x 35.00 x 6.00

Builder's half model of Hudson River sloop, circa 1840. Mounted on backboard. Model is built of pine and mahogany lifts, on a pine backboard, both natural finish. Found at Eddyville, NY, at head of tide water of Rondout River where Henry Leek once owned shipyard; model believed to have originated at that yard; scale 1/2"=1'.

UNIDENTIFIED Hudson River sloop
1951.4303