Description: Well presented, narrow depth, shadowbox model hand carved of contrasting wood to the oak frame with mahogany backboard.
Carved wood sails have lines representing the sewing of the overlapping canvas. Volunteer's hull correctly carved and presented on a mahogany 'crested wave' with the namesake of the vessel in a 'trailboard' shape.


History: Volunteer was an American racing yacht built in 1887 for the America's Cup races. It was the victorious American defender of the seventh America's Cup match that same year against Scottish challenger Thistle.
Volunteer, a centerboard compromise sloop, was designed by Edward Burgess and built by Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, Delaware in 1887 for owner General Charles J. Paine of the New York Yacht Club. Volunteer was the first America's Cup yacht with an all steel frame and hull. Her deck was made of white pine.
Volunteer easily beat the 1886 America's Cup defender Mayflower during the defender trials for the 1887 America's Cup and won both Cup races on September 27 and 30, 1887, against Thistle. Volunteer was skippered by Captain Hank Haff with the assistance of Captains Terry, Berry and L. Jeffreys. Soon after the Cup races, Volunteer was bought by John Malcolm Forbes (who also owned Puritan) and was altered as a schooner in 1891. It was broken up at a New York junkyard in 1910.

Provenance: N/A


Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 10.2 | Height(in) = 26.25 | Width(in) = 22 | Depth(in) = 2

Size of Artwork(in): 26.25 x 22 x 2"


Artist Name: Unknown


Medium: Oak frame mahogany backboard & water


Circa: 1890

Excellent, one tight, secure age split at top of frame.