Model
USS SOMERS
One small model of the American Navy topsail schooner, USS SOMERS. 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, yard arms, and booms. Various deck structures and fittings are made of wood or metal. Two small metal castings of a cannon and a carronade are 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, yard arms, and booms are finished with lacquer and white paint. 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.
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.
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