Figurehead of the Sophie Kirk
Basic Information
- FigID
- F0130
- InstID
- Figurehead type
- Figurehead
- Title
- Figurehead of the Sophie Kirk
- Vessel name
- Sophie Kirk
- Type (Naval/Merchant)
- Merchant
- Copyright owner
- © Cutty Sark Trust Copyright
- Copyright notes
- Photo: © Cutty Sark Trust Copyright
- Current location
- Cutty Sark
- Location date
- 12/02/2013
Physical Information
- Description
- A half-length female figurehead. She is wearing a dark red dress with white collar and cuffs, and a gold circular brooch at the centre of her collar. She has dark brown hair which is gathered into a bun at the back and decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves on both sides of her head. The figure has green eyes and is looking forward.
- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- Unknown
- Place made
- Unknown
- Size
- H61 x W35 x D28 cms
- Materials
- Object history
- The figurehead is part of a collection assembled by Sydney Cumbers and known as 'The Long John Silver Collection'. There is no record about how or where the figurehead was acquired.
- Vessel history
- The ship was a steel barque about 900 tons built in 1893 by Workman Clark at Belfast for A. Craig of Belfast and believed to have been wrecked in February 1913.
- Bibliography
- Discrepancy in the identification of this figurehead between the information provided by the Cutty Sark and the book by S.F. Bailey. Will need to be checked. (?)
Ownership Information
- Owner type
- Public Institution
- Owner name
- Cutty Sark Trust
- Contact details
- Royal Museums Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF
- Ownership can be cited online
- Yes
- Accessible to public
- Yes
- Data verified by owner
- Yes
- Date verified
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