Freeport Spring Art & Antiques Auction

Carved Bone Model of the Ship Charles W. Morgan

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $1,200 - $1,800

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With brass plate stamped “Built by Robert W. Taber, Fairhaven, Mass.” Length 18 inches, height 14 inches. The Charles W. Morgan was launched in New Bedford in 1841, and is the oldest American commercial vessel still afloat. Condition: repaired breaks to masts, one replaced life boat.