Add to albumA clipper is a fast sailing ship, characterised in the mid 19th century by a three-masted square rig. This small wooden model represents a typical clipper from around 1880.
The model was built to a scale of 1:288 by Mr James Gray of Edinburgh.
The name clipper probably comes from the American expression 'to move at a fast clip' and was first used to describe topsail schooners from Baltimore around 1825.
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- Online ID: 000-180-002-085-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland Part 2
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland T.1960.48
- Date: Model: Between 1880 and 1960; Original: Around 1880
- Material: Glass case
Ship, sailing / clipper / model / case
- Dimensions: 13.00" L x 6.25" H x 1.38" beam
- What: Ship, sailing / clipper / model / case
- Subject: 23. SHIPPING, Sailing Ships, post 1760 (Departmental Classification)
- Who: James Gray, Edinburgh (Model maker)
- Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
- Event:
- Description: Model of a sailing ship, a clipper, in a glass case
- References:
- Storer, J D. Ship Models in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh: A catalogue of models representing the history of shipping from 1500 BC to the present day. Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, 1985, p 33.
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