03-24-200703-24-2007
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2355Boston
March 24, 2007 10:00 AMCalender
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Half-Hull Boardroom Model of the 360-foot British Cargo Ship Queen Cristina

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$3,819$3,250
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2355Location: BostonDate / Time: March 24, 2007 10:00AM

Description:

Half-Hull Boardroom Model of the 360-foot British Cargo Ship Queen Cristina, in trapezoidal mahogany case with turned columns, ball finials and plaque, case overall 23 x 109 in.

Note: S.S. The Queen Cristina was built in 1901 by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for the Dunlop Steamship Co. Ltd., Glasgow. She was wrecked on the North Seal Rocks, California, on 21 October 1907 in fog, on a voyage from san Francisco to Portland, Oregon.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Keywords

Cristina, Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Dunlop Steamship Co. Ltd., Portland, Oregon