CASTELLO SHIP MODELS (AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY)

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A Fine Scale Model of the American Whaleship Charles W. Morgan
Castello Ship Models (American, 20th century)
A very fine museum quality ship model built up from the solid in 3/16" scale. The hull of the model has a copper plated bottom, black topsides and a white waist. The decks of the model are planked in basswood and the deck is fitted with numerous details which include anchors, anchor windlass, try-works, hatches, whale boats rigged on davits, helm, carved stern eagle, rudder, with other details. The model is well rigged with three masts and bowsprit, standing and running rigging, American flag, and is displayed on keel blocks on a grey base board in a glass case with a mahogany base and stand.
40½ x 17½ x 60¾ in. (102.9 x 44.5 x 154.3 cm.) cased dimensions on stand.
Built ca. 1972

Lot Essay

During her eighty-year career, beginning with her launch in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan made a record 37 voyages. Outlasting all of her type, she is now the treasured hallmark of Mystic Seaport. She was launched from the New Bedford shipyard of Jethro and Zacharia Hillman, and named after her principal owner, Charles Waln Morgan. Her first voyage was in September of 1841, under the command of Captain Thomas A. Norton. In 1863 she was sold to J. and W.R. Wings, who were to be her principal owners for the next fifty-three years. After a brilliant whaling career, she returned from her last voyage in May of 1921. At the age of 100 she was acquired by Mystic Seaport and is now completely restored and open to the public. In 1967 the Charles W. Morgan was declared a National Historic Landmark.

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