Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2509Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 15, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Mounted Half-Hull Model of the Ship John O'Gaunt, late 19th century, vessel identified on engraved plaque, plank constructed half-hull painted dark brown below the waterline, with carved scrolled foliage figurehead, mounted on a wood panel, 14 3/4 x 59 1/2 in., overall.
Note: The wooden ship John O'Gaunt was built at Whitehaven, England, for Thomas Bell Esquire, Liverpool in 1855. She weighed 859 tons.
Estimate $4,000-6,000