Last of Clipper Ships German Bark Priwall Nautical Model Ship

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About the Item

FOUR MASTED BARK PRIWALL - Flying P Line Sailor-made Folk Art Clipper Ship Model Presented is a scratch built model of one of the last of the large clipper ships that carried the world's commerce under sail. A sailor made Folk Art model of this size and quality is a rare find, and especially desirable because she is accurate down to the last details. Her intricate rigging is complete with preferred metal sails hanked to her yards, and all her hand crafted fittings are accurately detailed. It has acquired an intersting patina of age. Priwall is famous enough to have a stamp dedicated in her honor. HISTORY OF F. Laeisz Company: The Flying P-Line was founded in 1824 by Ferdinand Laeisz, a Hamburg, Germany, hat manufacturer who distributed his hats internationally. In 1839, he entered the shipping business, by building his first ship the Carl named for his son, but was not successful. Carl Laeisz entered the business in 1852 and made the F. Laeisz Company into a successful shipping business. In 1857, the Barque Pudel was ordered which was named after Carl's wife Sophie, and from the mid 1880s on, all their ships had names starting with "P". Hence, they became known as "the Flying P-line". The Laeisz company specialized in the South American nitrate trade. Their ships were built for speed, and acquired an excellent reputation for timeliness and reliability, which gave rise to the nickname "the Flying P-Line". The five-masted Barque Potosi made the voyage from Chile to England around Cape Horn in 1904 in just 57 days, and Priwall set the record for rounding Cape Horn. The Laeisz company had some of the largest sailing ships ever built. They experimented with steel-hulled five-masters. However, these ships turned out to be too big: their crews didn't like them, and it became increasingly difficult to achieve a satisfactory utilization on the outbound leg from Europe to Chile. The later ships, such as the Peking or the Pasta, returned to being smaller four-masted barques. During World War I, many of Laeisz' ships were blockaded in Chilean ports and had to be handed over as war reparations. However, the Laeisz company was able to re-acquire many ships after the war and put them into service again. Towards the end of the 1920's, the company began pulling out of the nitrate trade and increasingly started transporting other goods, e.g. bananas. They also sold some of their older ships, for instance the Pamir, to Gustav Erikson in Finland who already had acquired the former Norddeutscher Lloyd-ship Herzogin Cecilie. The last sailing ship ordered by the Laeisz company was the Padua in 1926. Subsequently, the Laeisz company moved to operating steam ships.

Dimensions:
Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 46 in (116.84 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Thread
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Ca 1920
Condition:
The model is complete and in overall excellent condition. All the parts are present and there is only minor indication of age none of which are worth mentioning because they add to the model's character. One example would be some of the sails having a variation in finish.Copyright 2012 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved.
Seller Location:
Palm City, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: U120505925775