Late 19th C. American Primitive Folk Hand-Crafted Battleship Model on Base

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Truly unique 19th C. American Folk Art / Primitive American Battleship / Steam Ship Model

Amazing detail, artisan crafted, mounted … Read more Truly unique 19th C. American Folk Art / Primitive American Battleship / Steam Ship Model

Amazing detail, artisan crafted, mounted on a gallery base also crafted by the artist as a unit.

Paint decorated in brick red, silver, gold and iron, gilt, black and many shades of gray.

Please review the photographs for a test of the detailing...rigging, pulleys, guns, anchors, railing, two deck ladders, propellor, keel and rudder, smokestacks...and so much more.

With a marvelous American Flag a top the rigging and mast at the model's highest point.

Base is 34" long by 16" wide by 2" tall off table top.

Model itself atop base is 32" long, 11" wide and 25" to the top of the flag.

Design looks like something right out of the Spanish American War era thru WWI - late 19th early 20th Century.

Perfect patina as well - ready to display and enjoy.

In keeping with Aesop's fable, Fox and Crow's Motto is "Beware of False Flattery!" So, with each listing we offer a true confession about the item...

My husband loves folk art - and thank goodness he is very picky about it. He'll critique a piece very closely, hoping to figure out if the artist was trying to be realistic, or perhaps satirical, or was simply a hobbiest making a model or a toy.

He didn't hesitate on this one!

The scale, the detailing, the built in base...this is an authentic piece of craft, made as a tribute or trophy - a point of pride.

And it's fairly heavy, too - another sight it as made with serious intent.

It's cool in every way, is likely one of a kind, and is that counter-point in an interesting room that makes your guests wonder... See less