Builder's Model of S.S. Wandilla, circa 1912, Glasgow Collection
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A very large and impressive 1:30 scale Builder's model of the S.S. Wandilla, circa 1912, for William Beardmore and Co., Glasgow, a highly-detailed full model in painted wood with metal fittings and wire and thread cables and rigging, mounted in its original oak and glass case with the cipher of the Adelaide Steamship Co. In a crest to each of its long sides. Please note: the model will remain at the Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum until its removal by the purchaser, with very limited opportunity for pre-auction viewing. Collection will need to be arranged promptly after the auction directly between the purchaser and the City of Greater Geelong which manages the museum site The model 136 cm high, 410 cm long (approximately), the case 227 cm high, 460 cm wide, 110 cm deep
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- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
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