Watch List notes:

USS Constitution wooden model, 20th century manufacture, (68cm long x 58cm high), full timber construction, with intricate detail including canvas sails, rigging and metal fittings of canon, on custom stand with nameplate. Extremely fine and attractive, in original packaging timber.

The USS Constitution is the world's oldest ship of any type still afloat. Launched in 1797, she saw service against the Barbary pirates and against the United Kingdom in the War of 1812.