Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 5th July 2023

Lot 308

A SCALE MODEL OF THE THREE-MASTED FULL RIGGED SHIP 'ACAMAS'

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1300

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Description

A SCALE MODEL OF THE THREE-MASTED FULL RIGGED SHIP 'ACAMAS'

FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

with wooden masts, decks, lifeboats and other details, mounted in an ebonised glazed case

56.3cm high, 85.8cm wide, 28.4cm deep

Catalogue Note

'Acamas' was built at Mary Port in 1897 by T. Ritson & Son. Eventually, the ship was sold to Norway. She was posted missing in 1918 on a passage from Rio to New York.