Cased Model of the Fishing Schooner Elizabeth Howard

Description:

Cased Model of the Fishing Schooner Elizabeth Howard, made by Lewis H. Storey, 1919, the vessel identified on the bow and on an engraved brass plaque with maker's name and date, the wooden hull painted red and white with green and white-painted deck and furnishings, in a glass case with mahogany base, overall ht. 34 3/4, wd. 13, lg. 42 in.

Note: The fishing schooner Elizabeth Ann Howard was built in 1916 in East Boothbay, Maine. She was designed by Thomas F. McManus and built by Frank C. Adams. She competed in but did not win the 1922 and 1923 Fishermen's Race off Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Estimate $600-800


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