791

2013

DIORAMA "HOMEBOUND TO THE MARKET"

By William E. Hitchcock (America, 1928-2006) in collaboration with Nader Taheri (b. 1962). Depicts the weathered clipper-bowed sloop Stella calmly heading home to sell off its daily catch of lobster. Hull built up from the solid and painted black, set in a molded and painted sea. Detailed with scuffing boards, toe rail and stem with acanthus decoration. Deck painted a buff color and detailed with a cabin top, companionway, hatch, oar, coaming and a lone figure at the helm. In the cockpit are lobster traps, lobsters, and other gear. Rigged as a double headsail "Friendship" sloop with bowsprit, mast, boom and gaff, standing and running rigging, main and jib. Displayed within a mahogany and glass brass-trimmed case.
Case height 15.25". Length 21.75". Width 10".
Condition: Excellent.

  • Provenance: The 22-foot "Friendship" sloop design was used by the inshore lobster fishery starting in the 1920s. These seaworthy sloops originated in Friendship, Maine, a small harbor village on Muscongus Bay, and built by Wilbur Morse. They became so successful at plying their trade they were copied and found along most New England coastal inlets and ports from Boston to Bar Harbor.

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