2 Vintage Exploration Ships (Santa Maria, Golden Hind), glass ships in bottle/cabinet gilded sails

Description

Two vintage gilded artistic glass sculptures of ships encased in glass: Exploration ships: Santa Maria, Golden Hind.


Additional packaging and courier costs to be paid by the Buyer or I would be happy to arrange a date for collection if you are local to London N19.

Maker: Fantasy Gifts Artistic Glass Sculptures

Date: Circa 1980s

Theme: Exploration ships

Both of these vintage miniature pieces of art are made from hand-blown glass and have 22 carat gilded sails. They are in excellent condition.

The Santa Maria:
• The flagship of Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
• A petite and delicate piece that sits inside a glass narrow-necked bottle with a bubble-shaped stopper.
• The bottle rests inside the curve of a handmade wooden display stand.
• 'Santa Maria 1492' is engraved on a golden plate that is positioned on its wooden display.
• Length: 18cm
• Width: 5cm (from the widest part, which is the stand)
• Height: 6cm (on stand)


The Golden Hind:
• Captained by Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580, it was the first English ship to successfully circumnavigate the globe.
• A petite and delicate piece that is encased within a glass and wood mini cabinet.
• ‘Golden Hind’ is engraved on a golden plate that is positioned on the wooden display below the ship.
• Length: 15cm
• Width: 7cm
• Height: 8cm

These two famous Exploration Ships, the Santa Maria and the Golden Hind, are part of a wider collection of eleven glass ‘Ships in Bottles’ that belonged to my dad, who was given them as gifts throughout the 1980s. The collection includes:

LAB GLASS
(Also known as Mayflower Glass Sculptures)
• Spanish Galleon (bottle)

MAYFLOWER GLASS SCULPTURES
(Also known as Lab Glass)
• 16th Century Galleon (bottle)
• 18th Century Frigate, gilded (dome)
• Hot Air Balloon, gilded (dome)
• Spanish Galleon (bottle)
• Yacht (dome)

FANTASY GIFTS ARTISTIC GLASS SCULPTURES
• Santa Maria, gilded (bottle)
• Golden Hind, gilded (mini cabinet)

D. JOBLING GLASSWARE
• Cutty Sark (bottle)

ABBEY GLASS
• Mary Rose, gilded (bottle)

MAKER UNKNOWN – NO BOX
(But I think it’s by Mayflower Glass)
• Bounty, gilded (bottle)

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I am clearing the family home after my mum passed away last year.

The majority of the items I have listed on my page belonged to my mum and dad.

The condition of the items that I am selling are either: Used Like New/Good, or they are Brand New Wrapped/Boxed.

If you have questions, I am happy to answer them, but please be kind. I'm going through a lot right now. I am a private seller, not a business.

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