Flying Dutchman Tall Ship Handmade Wooden Ship Model 35" Museum Quality - $1,500 - (Tacoma, WA)
ITEM INFORMATIONOverall size approx: 35" (long) x 14.5" (wide) x 31" (high).Museum quality model ship including unique marquetry base.Condition: New (fully assembled). Ready to display, not from any sort of kit.100% hand built individually using plank-on-frame construction method and similar to the building of actual ship.Hundreds of hours where required to finish this model sailboat by skillful craftsmen and artisans.This is a gorgeous 35-inch museum-quality replica of the Flying Dutchman, legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The Flying Dutchman model has a unique wood inlay base and many hand carved sculpture details. SavyBoat’s master craftsmen build the ship model using historical photographs, drawings or original plans. The Flying Dutchman is built to scale with high-grade wood such as: western red cedar, rosewood, and mahogany. It is 100% hand built individually using plank-on-frame construction method and are similar to the building of actual ships. The Flying Dutchman was an infamous supernatural ghost ship. Originally, the Dutchman held the sacred task of collecting all the poor souls who died at sea and ferrying them to the afterlife. During the Golden Age of Piracy, the Dutchman would become a ship feared by many across the seven seas. According to legends and lore, the Flying Dutchman was given to Davy Jones by his love, the sea goddess Calypso, who gave Jones the duty of ferrying the souls who died at sea into the next world. After ten years, Jones would be free to come ashore to be with Calypso. But whenever Davy Jones came ashore, Calypso was nowhere to be found. This ultimately resulted in Jones carving out his own heart, and locking it in the Dead Man’s Chest. Jones abandoned his duty, instead wreaking havoc on the seas and unleashing the Kraken upon many vessels. He also preyed on wayward sailors lost at sea who wished to avoid death and final judgment, press-ganging them into his crew, even…
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