Half Model of an Admiralty Yacht, Extensively decorated, detailed and polychromed block model (starboard) of a flat-bottomed single-mast yacht. The model has a deck with a cabin at the rear, the floor of which floats to let the tiller sail underneath, and a campaign deck on the cabin. Six small round gun gates in the side, fittings for a sword and five putting irons. On the deck from the front to the back a roasting spindle, a chimney, a servant behind the mast, a round deck, an entrance, a large oval deck and another small round. Galleon with figurehead of crowned lion with coat of arms with crossed anchors, a mermaid and seahorse under the crane beam, furthermore allegorical figures and dolphins. Flat mirror with a gate, flat wulf decorated with foliage, dolphins, a putto blowing on a shell and a coat of arms with a climbing lion with a sword and a bundle of arrows, fence board with three decorated windows, corner figure, putto, foliage and draperies and a lantern, the side of the cabin is decorated with a Neptune and mermaids on seahorses, and has a side gallery decorated with putti and draperies, broad rudder, the rudder king decorated with a bearded head. The sheer goes up to both ends, two barkwoods and one deerwood., Amsterdam, Admiralty of Amsterdam, anonymous, Netherlands, 1725 - 1790, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), h 38.8 cm × w 97.5 cm × d 10.5 cm
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Half Model, Admiralty Yacht, Extensively decorated, detailed, polychromed block model, starboard, flat-bottomed single-mast yacht, model, deck, cabin, rear, floor, floats, let, tiller sail underneath, campaign deck, Six small round gun gates, side, fittings, sword, five putting irons, front, back, roasting spindle, chimney, servant, mast, round deck, entrance, large oval deck, another small round, Galleon, figurehead, crowned lion, coat, arms, crossed anchors, mermaid, seahorse under, crane beam, furthermore allegorical figures, dolphins, Flat mirror, gate, flat wulf decorated, foliage, putto blowing, shell, climbing lion, bundle, arrows, fence board, three decorated windows, corner figure, putto, draperies, lantern, decorated, Neptune, mermaids, seahorses, side gallery decorated, putti, broad rudder, rudder king decorated, bearded head, sheer goes up, ends, two barkwoods, deerwood, Amsterdam, Admiralty, Netherlands, 1725, 1790, wood, plant material, brass, alloy
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