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  • British Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of the Named Barque "Polly"
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    Large British Sailor's Woolwork of the Barque Polly, Named "Polly", Circa 1885-95 A large sailor's woolie or woolwork of a port side view of a ship named "Polly" under full sail. The ship is rigged as a barque. The name "Polly" can be seen on a banner flying from the mainmast and on the front of the bow and the shiop was named after the owner's wife Marian Poyy Woodside. (see below). The sails are trapunto, creating a three-dimensional look of the sails full of wind. The sea is depicted is rippling bands of green and white. Dimensions: Frame: 26 1/4 inches high x 31 inches wide x 2 inches Reference: The ship was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1885, and launched by Marian "Polly" Woodside, the wife of the owner, tossing flowers across the bow. (Champagne being too precious). The ship made several voyages primarily between South America and the UK before being repositioned in the Pacific. A barque has three or four masts. The fore and mainmast are square-rigged, and the mizzen fore-and-aft, usually gaff-rigged. Carries a mainsail on each mast, but the mainsail shape differs per mast (square or gaff). Barques were built with up to five masts. Four-masted barques were quite common. Barques were a good alternative to full-rigged ships because they require a lot fewer sailors. But they were also slower. Very popular rig for ocean crossings, so a great rig for merchants who travel long distances and don't want 30 - 50 sailors to run their ship. A label on the reverse states that the wool was on The Antiques Road...
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    Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Decorative Art

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    Wool

  • British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of HMS Victoria
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    British sailor's woolwork woolie of HMS Victoria, Berlin wool on linen (Duck), circa 1865 The large sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts HMS Victoria, named below on a banner, wi...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Nautical Objects

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    Wool

  • Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-Rigged Sloop with Two Other Ships
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-rigged Sloop, Circa 1870 The British sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard side view of a gaff-rigged sloop under full sail against a clou...
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    Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Decorative Art

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    Wool

  • Gwen, a Named British Sailor's Woolwork
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    British Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie, The Gwen, Circa 1875 The small British sailor's woolie depicts a starboard view of the brigantine Gwen sailing on a calm blue sea and flying...
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    Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

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    Wool

  • British Sailor's Large Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship Under Full Sail
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    British Sailor's large woolwork of a royal navy ship under full sail, circa 1875 The sailor's woolie or woolwork depicts a starboard ...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Decorative Art

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    Wool

  • British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship with Red Ensign
    Located in Downingtown, PA
    British Sailor's Woolwork of a Royal Navy Ship circa 1765 The sailor's woolwork depicts a port side view of a three-masted British Ro...
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    Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Decorative Art

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    Wool

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    Antique Sailor's elaborate woolwork, circa 1855, with a photograph of the sailor held in a woolwork frame set on the British flag on a cruciform reserve; with the "Honi Soit Qui Mal ...
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  • 19th Century Sailor's Woolwork of Frigate with Signal Flags
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    19th Century Sailor's woolwork of a British Frigate at Anchor, circa 1880, adorned with an array of British ensigns and a full rig of signal flags strung along the stays. The hull has the unusual touch of having glass beads mounted in each gunport, and a metaliic gilt thread highlighting the strakes above and below the two rows of gunports, and on the sterncastle. Mercantile silk threads were used for the flag halyards. The ship is moored off a lighthouse at the foot of a large green haystack headland. The woolwork is mounted in its original Victorian carved, ebonized and parcel gilt oak frame...
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  • Portrait of the Clipper Ship Oriental by Lucius A. Briggs, 1925
    Located in Nantucket, MA
    Antique Seascape Portrait of the Clipper Ship ORIENTAL by Lucius A. Briggs, (Boston and New Bedford: 1852 - 1931), 1925, a watercolor seascape with the tea clipper under rosy sky, si...
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  • Victorian English Nautical Diorama Ship Wall Plaque
    Located in New York, NY
    English Country style Victorian diorama in oak case of sail/steam ship with small lighthouse.  
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  • Wool Work 'Woolie' Needlepoint Embroidery of the British Ship Amelia
    Located in Palm Beach, FL
    Large antique needlepoint of the British sailing ship Amelia hand crafted in wool, popularly known as woolies, crafted with ambitious detail. Pres...
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  • Large Italian Painting of a Merchant Ship "The Venetian Workers' Society Offers"
    Located in Katonah, NY
    A unique work of art, this charming painting was hand painted in Italy in the mid-19th century. Created to promote The Venetian Workers' Society, this large hand-painted oil paintin...
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