Model of a sailing vessel
 


 

 

  • Made by Captain I. Kravicin 1890
  • Wood, metal
  • Dimensions: 91 cm in length, 12 cm in width, 67 cm in height

This is a model of a smaller merchant sailing vessel with a wooden hull. The bottom indicating the vessels draft is pale red, while the rest of the hull is black. The square stern is decorated with a semicircular golden line; at the bow the golden line which ends in a golden decoration - a figurehead representing a stylised animal head. On each side of the bow, which ends in a long bowsprit, is an anchor. Three white boats are suspended on davits (two around the middle of the hull and one across the stern). The ship has two masts (and a bowsprit) with rigging on each side. On the front part of the deck, along the bow, is an anchor windlass and a cowl (for ventilation of sailors' quarters under the bow). On the deck, next to the mainmast, there are two water pumps, and on the stern the steering wheel in front of which a compass pedestal can be seen. On the deck, there are also two small houses with wide windows (one with a glass roof) for lighting of the lower deck - salon, etc.

 

Copyright MDC & Carnet
design NOVENA, Zagreb