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A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912
$50,112.63
£36,750
€42,673.71
CA$69,052.80
A$75,905.85
CHF 39,850.22
MX$902,575.15
NOK 511,767.28
SEK 466,164.69
DKK 318,841.12
About the Item
A cased shipyard model of S.S. Burbridge/S.S. Burcombe, 1912. This single model depicts two sister ships. It has black painted topsides, pink hull and dark grey decks. There is a black funnel between two white painted cabin blocks with lifeboats on davits. The deck fittings include two cranes, capstans, windlasses, a boarding ladder, etc meticulously rendered in brass. It has twin specification plaques and is raised on four brass supports. It is presented in a glazed mahogany case with turned and fluted pillars on a later stand.
Provenance: The Estate of the late John Rollo Somerset-Paddon, formerly of Chalk Newton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, thence by descent.
Neither of these sister ships survived for long. Both weighed 3505 tons gross and were built by Richardson, Duck
Co for Burdick
Cook, managers of the Burcombe Steam Navigation Company. SS Burbridge (no. 614) was launched in 1912 and wrecked on the Almadi Reef on a voyage from Beira to London two years later. SS Burcombe (no. 631) was launched in 1913 and torpedoed in 1916.
Height: 20 inches (50cm) Width: 56 inches (143cm) Depth: 16½ inches (42cm) Overall height on stand: 53 inches (135cm)
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 56 in (142.24 cm)Depth: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1912
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Lymington, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU973040765592
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