IMPORTANT MOUNTED HALF HULL MODEL OF THE BRITISH YACHT
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IMPORTANT MOUNTED HALF HULL MODEL OF THE BRITISH YACHT "ISOLDE" AND TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER RACING
England, 1895
Photographs by William U. Kirk & Sons, Cowes, one captioned "'Isolde' 66.02 linear rating" and the other "'Isolde' 52 ft linear rating". Both blind-stamped lower left "Copyright Wm. U. Kirk & Sons Photo, Cowes, I.W.". Model painted copper below the waterline and white above, with a pair of thin gold bootstripes running just below the top rail, transitioning to a vine design near the stern. Applied snub mast and bowsprit. Mounted on a beautifully grained mahogany molded-edge backboard, retaining its original brass hangers and ivorine plaque marked "'Isolde' 40 Rating Cutter Designed for Peter Donaldson Esq. by William Fife Junr 1895". Beautiful age patina.
Backboard 11.25" x 38", including hangers. Photos 8.75" x 10.75" sight. Framed 15.5" x 16.75".
Literature:
British Yachts and Yachtsmen (London: Yachtsmen Publishing Company, 1907), p. 390.
Notes:
According to "British Yachts and Yachtsmen", "Peter Donaldson was one of the most enthusiastic yachtsmen of the Clyde. In 1895, he built and raced Isolde, 65-footer, a phenomenally successful boat, which brought him into the front rank of racing owners".
William Fife, Jr. was one of the world's most celebrated yacht designers, notably designing the first of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrocks, which raced in the 1898 America's Cup.
England, 1895
Photographs by William U. Kirk & Sons, Cowes, one captioned "'Isolde' 66.02 linear rating" and the other "'Isolde' 52 ft linear rating". Both blind-stamped lower left "Copyright Wm. U. Kirk & Sons Photo, Cowes, I.W.". Model painted copper below the waterline and white above, with a pair of thin gold bootstripes running just below the top rail, transitioning to a vine design near the stern. Applied snub mast and bowsprit. Mounted on a beautifully grained mahogany molded-edge backboard, retaining its original brass hangers and ivorine plaque marked "'Isolde' 40 Rating Cutter Designed for Peter Donaldson Esq. by William Fife Junr 1895". Beautiful age patina.
Backboard 11.25" x 38", including hangers. Photos 8.75" x 10.75" sight. Framed 15.5" x 16.75".
Literature:
British Yachts and Yachtsmen (London: Yachtsmen Publishing Company, 1907), p. 390.
Notes:
According to "British Yachts and Yachtsmen", "Peter Donaldson was one of the most enthusiastic yachtsmen of the Clyde. In 1895, he built and raced Isolde, 65-footer, a phenomenally successful boat, which brought him into the front rank of racing owners".
William Fife, Jr. was one of the world's most celebrated yacht designers, notably designing the first of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrocks, which raced in the 1898 America's Cup.
Condition
A few scrapes and a few losses along the upper edge. Both the painted and natural wood surfaces are untouched.
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IMPORTANT MOUNTED HALF HULL MODEL OF THE BRITISH YACHT
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