Model: Ship in Bottle, Liverpool pilot cutter

Maker
Newton, Dennis
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Description
Liverpool pilot cutter in a Dimple Haig bottle given to Hobson Wharf by the National Museums and Galleries on Mersyside. The ship has the sails up and is rounding the number 2 buoy. Turks head is on the cork. "The model was built by Mr Dennis Newton and is a scale representation of the Liverpool pilot cutter number 2 - TEASER - of 1846. She had a gross tonnage of 44 tons and was built at Ipswich in 1841 and sold out of the Liverpool service for fishing in the Shetland Islands in 1856."
Accession number
1995.43.5
Museum System ID
5357
Collection type
Objects
Classification
Model
Miniature
Maker and role
Newton, Dennis: Modelmaker
Media/Materials
Glass: 0 - Whole
Measurement details
Height (mm): 130mm (7/16ft): 0 - Whole
Width: 225mm (3/4ft): 0 - Whole
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Not on display

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