Rigged model, scale 1:24, fitted with sail, of the cutter racing yacht "Formosa" (1878), original designed and built by Ratsey at Cowes. Model is elaborately constructed and sheathed with copper below the water-line. Model built by H.J. Pope, Hastings, 1887
Details
- Category:
- Water Transport
- Object Number:
- 1882-26
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), copper (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), cotton (fibre), cotton (textile), glass, steel (metal) and paint
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1700 mm x 1745 mm x 310 mm,
- type:
- model - representation and yacht
- credit:
- L R Ricardo
