RARE AND IMPORTANT CASED MODEL OF THE YACHT ARROW BY H.E. BOUCHER
New York, Circa 1900
Probably built for the original owner of the yacht, C.R. Flint. Hull with original paint, white above and green below the waterline, and with a gold painted arrow that runs along the hull on both sides. Port and starboard "Arrow" nameboards mounted to the top of the paneled deckhouse. Simulated planked deck done in the typical Boucher style. Detailed with a stack with steam whistle in front of fire buckets, skylights, lifeboats with metal davits, metal stanchions with wire handrails, etc. Retains original propeller shafts, propellers and rudder. Displayed on the original metal pillars within a mahogany and glass case.
Case height 16". Length 58". Width 14". Model height 8". Length 49". Width 6".
Literature: Yachts in a Hurry - An Illustrated History of the Great Commuter Yachts by C. Philip Moore (N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company), p. 39-40.
The Steam Yachts - An Era of Elegance by Erik Hofman (N.Y.: John De Graf, Inc.), p. 134-135.
Speedboat by D.W. Fostle (Mystic, Ct.: Mystic Seaport), p. 58-60.

The 132-foot Arrow was built at Samuel Ayers Yard in Nyack, New York and was launched in 1900. Her steam engines produced as much as 10,000 horsepower, and in 1902, in a public speed trial, she was clocked at 45 miles per hour. Until 1911, Arrow held a world-record speed. She had five owners up through the year 1920.

Velvet lining of case is a newer replacement. Paint evenly crackled. Replaced lifeboat, rear port cleat and flag. Has been cleaned.