A half hull model of Egyptian Coast Guard Cutter Ab-Bass by G.L.Watson, 1891

This fine shipyard half-hull model has a painted pink hull with a pale green waterline and white topsides with a line of portholes. There are two truncated masts, a funnel and a bowsprit above an eagle figurehead. The decks have a coach house and bridge with painted windows, a gilt-top binnacle, steering wheel, capstan and railings. Pencil markings on the deck fittings and guard rail state ‘Ab-Bass’. The name plate reads ‘Ab-Bass, Designed by G.L. Watson built by Ailsa shipbuilding Co., Troon, Engined by Dunsmuir & Jackson, Glasgow, 1891’. Scottish.

Estimate:$16,572.76

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