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Lot 467:
Cutty Sark Wooden Model Ship with Glass Case....
Description
Cutty Sark Wooden Model Ship with Glass Case. A tea clipper launched in 1869. with a displacement of 2,133 tons. The most famous of all tea clippers, the Cutty Sark is today preserved for posterity at a dry dock in Greenwich. Built to transport tea from China, she was designed by Hercules Linton, whose ambition it was to outstrip the Thermopylae, the fastest ship of the times. Length 86 cm.
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