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Ship in a bottle SEUTE DEERNDimensions
of the bottle: Length
48 cm, width 27 cm, height including stand 30 cm,
The SEUTE DEERN was built in 1919 at the Gulfport Shipyard in Mississippi, USA. She was owned in sequence by several owners, as wood transporter and freighter, until she came in 1972 to the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum) in Bremerhaven. She is a museum ship with an on-board restaurant now. More information on her (in German) is in this wikipedia article on the SEUTE DEERN. Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos (20 photos with 640 kB in total). If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator or Firefox, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.) This ship in a bottle was made by Otto Palmen who is famous for such works. His sign is on the bottle cork and on the name plate. Materials used were ebony and bone, among others. The dimensions of the bottle are: Length 48 cm, width 27 cm, height including stand 30 cm. The price is 1500 Euro, plus transport cost. Shipping the bottle can be easily done. The ship in a bottle is owned by Mr. Udo Schmidt, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tel. +49 209 498861, email: udo.schmidt1@t-online.de. Please contact him, if you are interested in the ship model. |
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