Miniature model ship
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Models
Date
1775 - 1815
Materials
Boxwood [buxus sempervirens], Glass
Measurements
175 mm (Height); 157 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338809
Summary
Model - Minature two deck sailing ship made entirely of boxwood including sails and rigging. Very fine prisoner-of-war work. Stands on elaborate carved carriage drawn by two lions on an octagonal wooden plinth with balustrades (some broken off). All on a circular wooden base which glass sits on. Under glass bell. Slightly damaged.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Prisoner-of-war