A model of an early torpedo, mid-19th century Very good model boat in wood, painted in white, the rear with two movable side rudders, four pierced lateral iron cable guides (the front two broken off), mounted on a base with brass holder. Length 152 cm, width 32 cm, height 22 cm. Provenance: Caproni collection. Attached inventory label "Modello di Nave a Specchio". Probably an early torpedo model of the Austro-Hungarian navy officer and inventor Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer. Giovanni Biagio Luppis von Rammer (1813 - 1875), Croatian inventor, , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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