Model of Bombay Battello

Made:
1845-1851 in Bombay
Model of Bombay Battello

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Model of Bombay Battello
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Model, scale 1:24 of a 'Battello', a coastal trading vessel used between Cambay and Bombay, India, unsigned, made at the Bombay Dockyard for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London (see note).

Details

Category:
Water Transport
Object Number:
1926-577
Materials:
paint, wood (unidentified), bamboo, cotton (textile) and lead (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 1140 mm x 1400 mm x 260 mm,
crate: 1540 mm x 1300 mm x 2000 mm, 93 kg
type:
model - representation
credit:
King's College, London