Ship Model of a Sailing Merchant Vessel
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910-1920
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The model is of an unnamed three-masted sailing ship with rigging and one cloth sail at the stern. It represents a commonplace ship-rigged sailing ship of the 19th century, complete with three masts rigged with square sails. Cargo vessels like these plied all of the globe’s seas and oceans until they were gradually replaced by steamships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The few remaining examples are educational and museum ships.
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: 2005.0279.077
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 51 in x 9 in; 81.28 cm x 129.54 cm x 22.86 cm