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Lot 1143
English Model of the Iron Clipper Ship Coriolanus
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, primarily painted wood and metal, with gold painted plaque reading "THE IRON CLIPPER CORIOLANUS / 1053 TONS "QUEEN OF THE JUTE CLIPPERS" / BUILT 1876 BY McMILLAN AT DUMBARTON ON THE CLYDE"; presented within a glazed mahogany glass case (25 x 40 x 12 in. overall); includes its original custom wooden shipping crate.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Purchased in 1988 from the Parker Gallery, London

Very fine estate condition with minor marks, wear to wooden base; rigging intact.