Model Ship, Proudly Displayed, Antique Mounted Albumen Photo, Gloucester MA R. Bliss Co The back of the canvas

The back of the canvas is signed Andrea Panella

with hinge in good shape and operating smoothly

This is a real beauty of an early boxwood rule to begin with

1870s-80s or so would be my guess

The smaller on sits nicely inside the larger

Model Ship, Proudly Displayed, Antique Mounted Albumen Photo, Gloucester MA R. Bliss Co The back of the canvasThis photograph shows damage to the upper right corner, pieced back together at some point and taped on the reverse (a bit like the mending of a ship after a wreck.) What a great thing, though, this beautifully constructed model ship proudly displayed on a pedestal table outdoors, photographed I'd imagine just after completion, perhaps with the door in view leading to the maker's studio and clearly this was done by a very skilled model ship builder.