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A finely carved and fully-planked and rigged scale Navy model…
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A finely carved and fully-planked and rigged scale Navy model of the 100-gun sovereign of the Seas, 1637, by Giovanni Scardinale, modelled from the original plans for his ship provided by the Greenwich Maritime Museum, England along with additional research and in particular the specification of the Finnish illustrator and researcher Bjorn Landstrom (1917-2002). Woods include walnut, rosewood, jarrah, ebony, mahogany and blackwood and their natural colour tones, with extensively carved and 23 carat gilded hull decorated with Roman Emperors, Zodiac signs, Deities of Greek and Roman mythology, gargoyles, and an elaborately carved figurehead depicting Edgar the Pacific on horseback suppressing and conquering the seven Kings, hand wound rigging and ropes with over 5000 knots and stitched linen sails and 100 hand made cannons, some of which actually fire, a number with the Royal Coat of Arms on top, as was tradition, together with several plan drawings and a perspex case, the ship 300 cm long, 120 cm wide, 240 cm high, Giovanni Scardinale - Naval ship model maker born 1928 in the sea faring city of Naples, Italy. An Italian artisan and craftsman, Giovanni Scardinale is well known both in Italy and in Australia, for his naval model making. His trade has won him numerous medals and trophies. Scardinale commenced model making at the age of 13 and whist he made a living through carpentry, furniture building and shop fitting, his ship model building was always his true passion. At a young age he became a sculptor of miniature naval creations which gradually grew to larger enterprises. His models vary from 50 cm to his largest and most ambitious work, the sovereign of the Seas, measuring over 3 metres in length. Scardinale was attracted to ships which carried historical significance, thus evoking in him emotion and drive. With each ship he built, Scardinale always set higher and more ambitious goals for himself and in total has built 52 model ships. The Model The model being offered in this catalogue has been copied with the most meticulous attention to detail, she was constructed over a period of 6 years in the 1990s and is estimated to have take approximately 20-30,000 hours to complete. Scardinale utilized 3500 meters of wood strips, 20 kilos of glue and 20 kilos of brass to construct the solid carcass and the 17/18,000 parts that form part of the ship. sovereign of the Seas The sovereign of the Seas was a 17th-century warship of the English Navy, created for and completed at the command of Charles I. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, but at launch was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the King. At the time of her launch on 13 October 1637 she was the most remarkable ship in the world. Rechristened sovereign after the King's execution in 1649 and subsequently renamed Royal sovereign at Charles II's Restoration in 1660, her presence dominated the naval scene for the rest of the century and her long career was only ended when she was accidentally burned at Chatham in January 1696 whilst being prepared for her third rebuild
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