Model of schooner AMERICA

model

MODELS - VESSELS - FULL
marad; models
Ashton, William
wood; metal; textile
overall (model): 20-3/4 x 26-1/4 x 4-1/4 in.; base: 3-5/8 x 27-7/8 x 7-1/2 in.

Model of schooner yacht AMERICA (built 1851) made by William Ashton; rigged, no sails, lines coiled around masts and on deck, two anchors foreward, circular skylight aft of foreward mast, circular cockpit with tiller; black topsides, red bottom, gold scroll trim at bow, eagle with spread wings on stern; resting in felt lined wood cradle on wood base.

2007.77.1