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Diorama in shrine with trapezoidal shape depicting Brigantine late 19th century

About the Item

Nautical diorama in trapezoidal-shaped glass and white-painted wood vitrine depicting the half-hull in the waves of a brig with unfurled sails made of balsa wood, in the background promontory with painted lighthouse and to the side other smaller boat. English manufacture of the late 19th century. It can be hung on the wall or placed on a piece of furniture. Measurements 57x15x33.5 cm - inches 22.4x5.9x13.2 On the flagpole stands the flag of the Alfred Holt & Co shipping company, which later became Blue Funnel Line. Founded in Liverpool in 1865 by naval engineer Alfred Holt, at a time when the British Empire was at its height, maritime trade was booming, with an increasing need for regular transport with colonies in Oceania, Africa and Asia. The Alfred Holt played a very important role in British trade globally, it was renowned for punctuality and reliability, its officers by ability were often compared to those in the navy. It was among the first companies to progressively approach ships with steam propulsion, greatly reducing voyage times. A diorama is a small-scale setting that recreates, as realistically as possible, scenes of various kinds, usually made for technical use, especially engineering and architectural (reproduction of buildings, industrial objects, and surfaces), for educational purposes or as a hobby (model making). Il modellismo navale nasce per motivi religiosi. Not content with the triviality of his own life, man wants another, and an eternal one at that, but the soul - by definition immaterial - needs a means to reach the afterlife; it must cross a river, and to do so it needs a boat. The earliest model is a sixty centimeter silver vessel found in excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, and dates back to 2,000 BCE. Model making was reborn in the 15th century, again for religious reasons, but this time as an ex-voto, although the most important and valuable models were those built by shipyards: in fact, until the 17th century, ships were not designed with a drawing; length, width, masts, and rigging were decided, and then relied on a trusted shipyard who "by eye" built the ship according to the instructions received. In order to convince the ruler or minister who was to finance the construction, however, it was necessary to show him something, and to show him what the ship would look like, a model was then built, often a large one, and the better it was made, the better it responded to the marketing of the time; often the king fell in love with the model and kept it for himself, which is why many of these models-true works of art-have come down to us and are all jealously guarded in the various naval museums.

Dimensions:
Height: 13.2 in (33.53 cm)Width: 5.9 in (14.99 cm)Depth: 22.4 in (56.9 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
Period:
Late 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1890
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Milan, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1020247149812