Ben Franklin's Black Prince Wooden Model Schooner
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Detailed scale model replica topsail schooner, Black Prince, the first privateer with Letters of Marque by the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War, and commissioned by Benjamin Franklin himself. Authentically painted and rigged in black. Handmade by master artisans using individual wooden planks with nail holes, plank-on-frame hull construction, extensive rigging and historically accurate canvas sails, gun ports that cut into the hull, rope coils, deck cleats, lattice grates, rudder chains, wooden ladders and planked steps. Solid brass cannons and metal anchors. 24" Long x 5" Wide x 16" High (1:45 scale).
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Ben Franklin's Black Prince Wooden Model Schooner
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