Model of a battleship made of wood, metal and... Lot 269

Model of a battleship made of wood, metal and bone. With a long spur and two masts, the ship has two large chimneys and six small ones at the curved end. The ship is armed with various calibers, the smallest on top of the lookouts, the largest on the bow and stern turrets. The model rests on a wooden base raised by two baluster columns. Height 67.5 cm, length 90 cm, depth 14 cm (small accidents) The model seems to reproduce a model of a coastguard battleship built in France and England in the 1880s and 1890s. With its long spur, its two turrets and its dual sail and steam propulsion, it is representative of the warships that plied the seas before the dreadnoughts of the First World War.