Model ship
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)
Category
Models
Date
1900 - 1910
Materials
Wood, tin, lead, glass and cane.
Measurements
760 x 270 mm; 660 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339211
Summary
Model in the form of part of a truncated ship (no bows) (possibly a man o' war or small frigate) called 'The Store'. One side has red painted wooden plaque which reads 'THE STORE' and the other side (front) also has a red painted plaque which reads 'SAIL LOFT GEORGE RODNEY' (now faded). Stern end has glass windows above which is the working name of the ship painted in black lettering 'KING GEORGE DOVER', and a dormer window. Pitched roof made of lead (by Charles Paget Wade) painted grey with simulated thatch (now missing) two dormer windows each side, with white wooden mast originally conected to white flagpole at stern end (now missing) and gable windows. Main body made from wood painted black with a white stripe detailing. White cane windows with glass panels (formerly gun ports for the ship) and door. The Store sits in a brown painted wooden decking. A ship model adapted by Charles Paget Wade for the Model Village (Wolf's Cove). cf.1329374 (SNO.D.66) for glass plate image of original condition of The Store.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)