HALF HULL Ca 1890
 

Presented is a larger than usual American made builder's half hull of an early motor vessel. It is comprised of 7 lifts. A "lift" is one plank. The hull's topsides are painted black and its bottom red, and shows its age. It has a cruiser bow with a hollowed forefoot and fantail stern. There is a prominent shaft tunnel below the counter at mid point of the keel. The backboard is a thick 1 1/4" plank of Mahogany that is 43 1/4" long, and is finished in varnish.. The board has been cut in the silhouette of the model which is the first time we have seen this treatment. The model is recessed in the cutout and held in position by two bronze straps on the back. There are two bronze pads with no obvious use and two hangers. The drilled holes indicate that the hull was likely screwed to the board before the silhouette was removed.

 

There are 57 stations drawn on the back of which 31 are 5/8" apart and 26 are 1/2" apart. Their average seperation is .5625.

 

This half hull was never intended to come apart and be used to loft the lines of a ship, but was used by the builder either as a record of their work or given as a gift to the owner. If the vessel was used in commercial service as this one likely was, it may have been used for promotion. The name of the ship it represents is unfortunately unknown, but the shape of the hull is clearly around the turn of the 20th Century, say Ca 1890.

 

CONDITION: This is an antique half hull so expect to seem some minor marks of age. The is one small are where the red paint of the hull has been scraped off. It shows as a white area in the picture. There is nothing else that is noteworthy.

 

PROVENANCE:  It was bought at auction from a California seller who said it came from a San Francisco Bay area. estate   There is no maker's mark or vessel name.

 

Bow view

Stern view

Fantail stern and shaft tunnel under

Cruiser bow and hollowed forefoot

 

DIMENSIONS:

 

Backboard:  43 1/4" L x 10" H x 1 1/4" T

Hull:             36 1/4" L x 4" D x 4" W

Weight:       15 lbs

 

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An important half hull of early America's design  

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