Polychromed and rigged planked frame model of a three-masted vessel, mounted on a stand.
The model had three levels: lower deck, main deck, quarterdeck and forecastle with slightly lower beakhead platform. The quarterdeck has a large glass dome as its deck light. The lower deck has a porthole to either side, on the decks above twelve to fourteen gun positions are indicated; all the guns are missing. The figurehead is a rampant crowned lion. The stern has a square tuck with two gun ports, a hollow counter, a single-storey taffrail decorated with two lions carrying the crowned coat of arms with the inscription ‘LAL’, and two black quarter figures. The single-storey quarter galleries are decorated with carvings. Below the stern is a straight, square-headed rudder, the steering wheel is attached to the mizzen mast. The sheer rises towards the stern, the model has two wales and a sheer rail. The hull is round and painted white below the waterline. The model is fitted with two anchors, a windlass near the fore jeer bitts, hatches and a ship bell. The capstan on the main deck is missing. The model has a three-masted rig without sails. From the davits above the taffrail hangs a six-oared single-banked launch fitted with a rudder, a rudder quadrant and a spare rudder.
Due to its unusually tall rigging, its wide beam and its decorative scheme with two Africans as quarter figures, it is thought likely that the model portrays a slaver.
Scale unknown.
