Model: Model ship, the PAMIR, in a bottle

Maker
Finderup, Rudolf Cyril
 Production date
Circa 1949-Circa 1950

Object detail

Description
The model has one small sailing vessel in the foreground and 8 houses plus a lighthouse in the background. Ornamental knotting around bottle top. Model made by Rudolph Finderup for his son Albert George Finderup who served in PAMIR 1944-45 (information from Albert Finderup 14/5/1997). Check of the crew lists for PAMIR show that Bert Finderup was a deck boy and he was on voyages 7 and 8. PAMIR sailed from Wellington to Vancouver on both these voyages between September 1945 and October 1946.
Accession number
L1994.351.275
Museum System ID
2122
Collection type
Objects
Collection
Auckland Institute & Museum Maritime Collections
Classification
Model
Miniature
Bottle, impossible
Maker and role
Finderup, Rudolf Cyril: Modelmaker
Media/Materials
Glass: 0 - Whole
Wood: 0 - Whole
Paint: 0 - Whole
Rope (unidentified): 0 - Whole
Measurements
Condition report dimensions:
L300 x H300 x Dia88 mm bottle
Measurement details
Length (mm): 300mm (1ft): 0 - Whole
Diameter (mm): 90mm (5/16ft): 0 - Whole
Production place and notes
Aotearoa New Zealand
On display?
Not on display

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