. International studio. one case containing minia- model of an English . - EAST INDIAMAN, 18oO ture models made ot wood, by e. w. ottie bone and glass between the years 1779 and IO-04; a five feet long model of theU. S. Frigate Constitution, made before 1813when it was given to the society by Captain IsaacHull—one ol the most highly prized models inAmerica since it is the only accurate contemporarymodel ol the frigate known; a lull-rigged model ofthe U. S. Ohio, a ship-of-the-Iine built in 1820;a model ol the pinkie—a type of coasting vesselnow obsolete; a Salem brig of 1814; another ofthe shi
. International studio. one case containing minia- model of an English . - EAST INDIAMAN, 18oO ture models made ot wood, by e. w. ottie bone and glass between the years 1779 and IO-04; a five feet long model of theU. S. Frigate Constitution, made before 1813when it was given to the society by Captain IsaacHull—one ol the most highly prized models inAmerica since it is the only accurate contemporarymodel ol the frigate known; a lull-rigged model ofthe U. S. Ohio, a ship-of-the-Iine built in 1820;a model ol the pinkie—a type of coasting vesselnow obsolete; a Salem brig of 1814; another ofthe ship Friendship of Salem, dating from 1803;one of the bark LaGrange that sailed forCalifornia in 1849; aBlock Island boatmodel; a model datingfrom before 1800 of thebrig Rising States; acontemporary model ofthe New Bedford whal-ing bark Sea Fox of builder s model of a lateeighteenth century gun brig (Collection of Clarkson H. Collins, Jr.) > -sim. 18-4; and a contemporary modelnl an American clipper ship withsails carved from wood. Thiscollection specifically answers aquestion that is often asked asto the usefulness of collectingmodels. When the Navy De-partment wished to restore thefamous frigate Constitution, atBoston in 1907, the departmenthad to go to the Hull model inthe Peabody Museum for theexact details to be followed outin the restoration of the Bourne Whaling Museumat New Bedford, Massachusetts,is another striking illustration ofthe historical merit lying behindthis revival of interest in shipmodels. In the museum is amodel of a whaling ship so largethat visitors can go on boardit, walk about the decks and godown into the cabin, every detailof a maritime industry that hasnow almost passed away, in sofar as sailing ships are concerned,being most faithfully preservedin almost actual size. Amateur collections of shipmodels in our country, however, are comparativelynew things. It is about thirty years since thefo
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