Model Ship Diorama Within a Bottle on a Wooden Plinth Circa 1920

This very well modelled and highly detailed model ship diorama within an early spirit bottle dates to circa 1920. It remarkably portrays an early 19th century three masked fully rigged wooden sailing ship at the harbour in a Mediterranean port with buildings, a church, a lighthouse and palm trees, all hand sculpted and modelled in clay and timber with a hand painted finish. It is displayed on a simple, separate wooden plinth, scalloped to locate the bottle. These most collectable pieces can be described as folk art and were often made at sea by sailors with spare time to fill when not working on deck.

Circa 1920

Size including stand height 12.5 cm x width 31.5 cm x depth 8 cm

Robert Belcher Antiques was established in 1984 and is a high-quality retailer of interesting, rare antiques and decorative objects. After forty years of shop keeping and maintaining beautiful showrooms, which have been regularly open six days a week, Robert and Wendy have now taken a slightly different approach to their business. Having sold their retail premises, the antique business is now fully online. The picture framing service has ceased to operate because of moving online.

You can contact Robert and Wendy by email or telephone to discuss items from their extensive catalogue of attractive pieces and make purchases. Customers can rest assured that the long-established dealership is continuing to run in an exceedingly professional way, selling genuine and high-quality items which are guaranteed to please the most discerning collector, decorator or homeowner.

All items will be personally hand packaged to a high standard. Small items are extensively wrapped using the best materials and are often double boxed. Items are then shipped with DHL or Royal Mail fully insured and often with next day delivery. Larger items would be personally delivered or sent with a specialist antique delivery firm, or for outside the U.K, a professional shipping company.

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