A model of the Sail/Steam Yacht Harvard

ANONYMOUS (AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY)

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A model of the Sail/Steam Yacht Harvard
Anonymous (American, 20th century)
The bottom of the hull is painted a deep red with a copper waterline and white topsides. The decks of the model are planked in mahogany and the cabin and deck structures are built up in mahogany as well. The model is well detailed with anchors, anchor davits, anchor windlass, bollards, deck railings, ships's wheel, binnacle, ventilators, funnel, life rings, coils of line, 6 ships boats on brass davits, ladders, coils of line, and numerous other details. The model is rigged as a three masted bark with standing and running rigging including ratlines, turning blocks, cross spars, gaffs, boom, and other details. The model is mounted in a brass framed glass case with fan cut inlays in each corner and is displayed on a mahogany stand.
42 x 13¾ x 53¼ in. (106.7 x 35 x 135.3 cm.) cased dimensions on stand.

Lot Essay

Designed by Charles Hanscom and built in 1894 by Bath Iron Works, the S.S. Harvard was originally purchased by Mr. W.A. Slater under the name the S.S. Eleanor. As the United States was approaching World War I, Mr. George Baker purchased Eleanor, changed her name to Harvard, and donated her to the Navy. She served on the Breton Patrol during the war, and afterwards, was purchased by commercial interests in Europe. It is believed that she was still in service in Greek waters as late as 1948.

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