
Lot 48W
A cased silver model of HMRY Britannia 1893 27x13.5x27ins.(68.5x34x68.5cm)
15 April 2014, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £7,500 inc. premium
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A cased silver model of HMRY Britannia 1893
made by John Ross, Silversmith, to a scale of 1:100. Hull, sails and spars in solid silver, with silver wire rigging. Detailed anchors and cable, windlass, hatches, companionways, tiller and blocks. Depicted in her original gaff rig. Marked with the hallmark for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012. The model 19.8ins.(50cm)long.. Mounted on a post in a polished oak display case. 27x13.5x27ins.(68.5x34x68.5cm)
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HMRY Britannia was designed by GL Watson and built in Scotland for Edward, Prince of Wales, latterly King Edward Vll. A phenomenally successful racing yacht, she underwent several changes in rig during her career, finally finishing as a Bermudian cutter to compete against the J Class yachts in the 1930's. Inherited by King George V on the death of his father, she was finally scuttled off St Katherine's Point in 1936 on his Majesty's death.