Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy sun rubber bus 9 1/2" t x 3

9 1/2" t x 3 3/4" w

)--in this case to be stored in its original Wanamakers department store box

I am pretty certain the knobs and inlaid details on this one are carved of ivory

and shows a few smudges

ferrule 1 5/8" in diameter

Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy sun rubber bus 9 1/2" t x 3One definitely needs a life boat these days, and here one is. I found it at an antique shop in Upstate NY, heading up toward Lake George and a few feet away a miniature pack basket, also listed today, which felt quite sympatico with it. Looks scratch made to me, with plenty of imperfection to the cutting of the thwarts, which overlay that beautifully slatted floor of the boat. Maybe there was once a carved wooden rudder attached to the back, I'm not