Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1964.1 |
Object Name |
Ship |
Title |
Model of the Merchant Ship Alice of Wareham |
Artist |
Unknown |
Date |
19th c. |
Description |
Ship housed in glass and wooden display case. Model of the merchant ship "Alice," of Wareham. |
Label |
This model, while having no direct association with APS history or Philadelphia, was given to the APS in 1964 as a complement to the model of the USS Peacock (59.1), a gift of the same donor in 1959. This merchant vessel for transport of cargo or passengers was built in Wareham, Massachusetts, a shipbuilding center in the 1700s. |
Material |
Metal, thread, and wood |
Dimensions |
H-20.25 W-13.375 L-35.5 inches |
Dimension Details |
Dimensions of case |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society. Gift of Robert Cushman Murphy, 12 November 1964. |
Search Terms |
19th century nineteenth century travel navigation model transportation vessel |