Half model of river boat, 1869

half model

MODELS - VESSELS - HALF
JJB
USA, RI, Ashaway
1869
wood
backboard 2-5/8 x 16-3/8 in.; hull LOA 14-5/8 in.; hull half beam 2-1/8 in.

Half model; starboard view, screwed and nailed to backboard; 7 lifts screwed and pegged together (5 lifts amidships, 7 lifts bow, 6 lifts stern); handwritten on back of backboard "RIVER BOAT/ 1869/ BY/ JJB"; handwritten on front of backboard "River Boat Hull 1869"; said to have come from a house in Ashaway, Rhode Island

2006.28