Lot 79
A builder's half model of the steel ship Knight of Saint Michael
W.B. Thompson, Shipbuilder & Engineer, Glasgow & Dundee, circa 1883 90-1/2 x 19-1/4 x 8 in. Cased.
W.B. Thompson, Shipbuilder & Engineer, Glasgow & Dundee, circa 1883
5 June 2013, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$7,500 inc. premium
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A builder's half model of the steel ship Knight of Saint Michael
W.B. Thompson, Shipbuilder & Engineer, Glasgow & Dundee, circa 1883
W.B. Thompson, Shipbuilder & Engineer, Glasgow & Dundee, circa 1883
the hull built up in pine lifts, with black painted details on the topsides, a delicately carved stem board, partial bowsprit, the decks of laid veneer and the planking lines drawn in India ink, the decks detailed with railings, chocks, bollards, capstan, ladders, running lights, pin rails, stump masts, deck house, cargo hatches, skylights ship's boats on davits, and other details. Displayed in the original mahogany framed glass case with original wing mirrors, and a front silvered mirror at the back.
90-1/2 x 19-1/4 x 8 in. Cased.
90-1/2 x 19-1/4 x 8 in. Cased.
Footnotes
Knight of Saint Michael, a four-masted steel ship was built in 1883 by W.B. Thompson, Glasgow. She had principal dimensions of: LOA: 294'- 7", Beam: 42 - 2" and a gross tonnage of 2,278. She was launched at the shipyard of W.B. Thompson, Glasgow, for R.L. Greenshields, Cowie & Co., Liverpool in February of 1883, then in March 1897 she was sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque, and was renamed Pacifique. In 1907 she collided with the same owner's fourmast barque Rhône off the Falkland Islands during an exchange of articles. The Rôhne repaird the damaged bowsprit in Valparaiso, and the Pacifique continued her voyage to Pisagua. Both masters lost their ships on account of the accident. In 1916 she was sold to Gaillard & Co., Bayonne, and was renamed Pazifique, then on October 21st 1916 she left Penarth for Port Arthur, TX, and disappeared en route.