A fine early 20th century model of a white metal Cutter

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About the Item

Very rare and fine early 20th century scale model of a Cutter, valuable white metal lost-wax casting of a small pleasure sailing ship, the base also made of white metal simulates wave motion. The white metal is a tin alloy with a small percentage of antimony, the shafts and rudder are also made of white gold metal, steel wire tops. Very good condition length cm 66 - 26 inches, height cm 55 - 21.7 inches, width cm 11 - 4.3 inches. Since the early 1700s, the Cutters have been used as fishing boats, as smuggling boats for their speed qualities, mail ships, and coast guard ships; they were also used as boats that facilitated communication between larger ships in military fleets. 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: 21.7 in (55.12 cm)Width: 4.3 in (10.93 cm)Depth: 26 in (66.04 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Metal
Period:
1910-1919
Date of Manufacture:
1920
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Milan, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1020241890052

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