Perfectly Weathered Antique Wooden Model Boat Hull portrait of fireman 7 7/8" in diameter x

7 7/8" in diameter x 4 7/8" tall

and to my eye it's just formally perfect

Just a wonderful portrait I think

and I find it just exactly right--super seductive in a perfectly unfussy way

And really beautifully jointed corners too

Perfectly Weathered Antique Wooden Model Boat Hull portrait of fireman 7 7/8" in diameter xWhat I know about model boats is next to nothing, but I find this old wooden hull hugely beautiful in all of its wear and weathered ness, and its lines really elegant, reminding me most, really, of Inuit hide canoes. Clearly it once had a sail, or two, and perhaps functioned as a pond boat, I'm really not sure. I just think it is wonderful exactly as it is photos give a pretty good sense, though the old painted surface is so much better in person, and