Ship Model - "The Wave"
c. 1860
19th Century
39 in. x 57 in. x 19 in.
Richard Sill Griswold,
(1845–1904)
Object Type:
Toy
Medium and Support:
wood
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Clara Champlain Griswold
Accession Number:
1980.7
A two-masted, square rigged brig with black and red painted hull, off-white deck, two anchors, string rigging, moveable tiller and rudder. The model is named "The Wave" and is of a merchant vessel in the style c. 1820. The "Wave" has a lead-filled hull that enabled its maker, Richard Sill Griswold, to sail it on nearby ponds.