Model of Sailing Ship <i>Asterion</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Asterion</i> was built in Chelsea, MA by Stetson in 1854. It measured 188 feet in length, 36 feet in beam, 24 feet in depth of hold, and 1,135 tons. Owned by David Snow, it was launched on 28 June 1854, and shortly after was chartered to sail to Liverpool and back. Records for this ship are sketchy. Under the command of Captain Moses Gay, the ship sailed to the Chincha Islands on March 1, 1857 for a guano cargo. It arrived in Manila on August 31, 1859 under the command of Captain Snow. In 1860 it was sold to Bucklin and Crane of New York, who put it in the California trade. On <i>Asterion</i> last voyage, it sailed from New York to San Francisco under Captain Hurd. After loading a cargo of guano at Howland’s Island, it was lost off Baker’s Island in the Falklands on September 24, 1863.
label: Description
content: This model by an unidentified 19th century craftsman was purchased by the Insurance Company of North America in 1962 from a New York antique dealer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.094
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.094
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 51 in; 87.63 cm x 129.54 cm