The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

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Lot 157

A Carved and Painted Wood Ship Model of the Wanderer

Lot 157

A Carved and Painted Wood Ship Model of the Wanderer

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $300 - $500

Estimate$300 – $500

Status

Closed

A Carved and Painted Wood Ship Model of the Wanderer

Circa 1910

mounted on a wood base with plaque identifying maker as John Walker.
Height 22 1/2 x width 29 inches.

The Wanderer was an infamous schooner-rigged yacht originally launched in New York in 1858. She was purchased by Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar (1824-1865), a businessman from Savannah, Georgia who used the vessel to illegally import kidnapped people from Africa, decades after slavery was prohibited by law. Union forces took possession of the Wanderer during the Civil War and, after her use in U.S. Naval service, she was converted for the mercantile trade until 1871, when the ship was lost off of Cuba.

Provenance:

Ex Collection Lorraine C. Lange, Long Beach, Washington

Paper label affixed to base inscribed with further details of attribution and provenance.

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Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Leah Vogelpohl

AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

leahvogelpohl@hindmanauctions.com 513.666.4960

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

A Carved and Painted Wood Ship Model of the Wanderer

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