Digital Collection
2014.028.111

Model

HMS CHIPPAWA

One small model of the Royal Navy schooner, HMS CHIPPAWA. The folk-art style model has a hand-carved wooden hull with thin wooden dowels used for the two masts as well as for the bowsprit and booms. Various deck structures and fittings are made of wood or metal. A small metal casting of a single cannon is mounted on the deck. Black thread has been used for shrouds, stays, and other standing rigging. White thread has been used for running rigging. The masts, bowsprit, and booms are painted white and black. The hull topsides (above the waterline) are painted black. The underside area of the hull (below the waterline) is painted red. The deck has been finished with a coat of lacquer. One small nail point protrudes from the lower starboard side of the hull for mounting on a wall.

This model was part of a set of fifteen models which represented the ships (6 British and 9 American) that took part in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813.

Date
c.1971
Collection
Material
Wood/Metal/Thread
Creator
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