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Lot 1783
Montague Dawson (1895-1973), oil on canvas, 'Fairing Weather - The Clipper RED JACKET', signed, 40 x 50in. Provenance, Purchased by Frost & Reed from Montague Dawson on 23rd August 1965. Purchased from Frost & Reed by the vendors family on 1st September 1965. Notes. The Red Jacket, designed by Samuel Harte Pook, and built and launched from George Thomas' shipyard at Rockland, Maine on November 2, 1853. She was a large exquisitely handsome clipper of perfect proportions quite pleasing to the eye that some said "had the graceful appearance of a dainty tea clipper," but much larger measuring out at 251 x 44 x 31 feet and 2305 tons. She had hollow entrance lines and her ends were long and very sharp, but not as pronounced as her great rival, the Lightning. The Red Jacket was to be sent to Liverpool uncoppered with few interior fittings and all the coppering was to be done upon arrival, along with the decorating of her saloons and cabins by Liverpool artisans to customize her for the Australian emigrant trade. American artisans, however, took great pride in carving the figureheads, taffrail scrolls, and carvings of their ships and such was the case with the Red Jacket. The Red Jacket's figurehead was a life-size carving of the great Seneca Indian chief Red Jacket of the Wolf Clan presented in a magnificent fashion with beaded buckskins, a red jacket, and a feather head-dress. His Indian name was chief Sagoyewatha (He that keeps them awake). The carving was a carefully crafted likeness of the Indian chief, for Red Jacket had been a scout for British forces at the time of the Revolutionary War and had lived on a reservation near Buffalo, New York until he died in 1830. He often wore the red jacket of the British soldier and a number of red jackets were presented to him over the years upon many occasions by the grateful British for his years of loyal service. The Red Jacket was Pook's masterpiece and owned by Boston merchants Seacomb & Taylor. A week after her launching, the Red Jacket was towed to New York to be fitted with her spars and rigging. Command of the Red Jacket was given to Captain Asa Eldridge, the former captain of the packet ship Roscius of the Collins Line, a superb navigator known around the world. A very indifferent crew was rounded up and the Red Jacket cleared New York on January 11, 1854. They had an amazingly swift voyage across the Atlantic even though there was snow, hail, and rain throughout every day of the voyage accompanied by westerly gales and the Red Jacket arrived off Point Lynas on January 23rd. A pilot came aboard shortly after noon in stormy weather and guided her up the Mersey River to Liverpool. The Red Jacket had a dock to dock elapsed time of 13 days, one hour and 25 minutes, thus beating the record time of 13 days, 22 hours set by the Sovereign of the Seas the year before. The three best days of the Red Jacket's run were 413, 374 and 371 miles. With thanks to Charles Kingzett of Frost and Reed for researching the record of date, title and purchase.
Lot 135
A 1930's German dolls house girl with five piece body wearing original blue dress and coat, two all bisque babies with five piece bent limb bodies, all bisque kewpie style and a Kestner type all bisque girl with swivel neck and five piece jointed body, Ribbed socks and double strapped shoes (5)
Lot 142
A bisque headed German toddler type doll with blue sleeping eyes and open mouth. Five piece body. Original blonde wig and flower printed dress. With a selection of original clothes including a red velvet white faux fur trimmed coat and bonnet, pale blue dress, crochet bag, panama type hat and a flower decorated straw hat. The head impressed "A.M Germany 990 Koppelsdorf", H 21in
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