A fine prisoner-of-war bone model of the 100-gun first class ship-of-the-line H.M.S. Caledonia, English/French, early 19th century,


the pinned and planked hull with horse-shoe shaped galleried stern, three masts with standing and running rigging, deck details include skylights, belaying rails, gratings, ship's bell under canopy, capstan, break head and carved bone warrior figurehead, on shaped bone with horn inlay and apron painted to simulate drapes, in modern glazed display case, sold together with this lot is a letter and description supplied by the Parker Gallery, London dated 18th July 1984, the model 9 1/2 by 13 by 4in (24 by 33 by 10cm)
|The correspondence from the Parker Gallery indicates that this model is of Admiral Lord Gambier's flagship H.M.S. Caledonia launched at Davenport in 1808. However this impressive ship-of-the-line was designed to carry 120 guns whilst this model only displays 100.