By Yinka Shonibare
Shonibare’s scale model of Nelson’s flagship, Victory, is the world’s largest ship in a bottle. The model is rigged with sails, naval ensigns and signal flags shown as they were on the day of the Battle of Trafalgar. The only significant departure from historical reality is the design of the 37 sails, which derives from the brightly coloured patterns of Dutch-was fabric.*
*Info from a sign board next to the ’ship in a bottle’.
This is amazing. I never saw such a big bottle with a ship. Great details and I love the rope around the ‘neck of the bottle’.
It is a nice model, displayed well. We saw the real thing on our recent holiday.
Wow that’s impressive, Greenwich will be on my list for a (fictional
) London trip … if I get the chance !
You should go, there is so much to see there
That is spectacular. Ships in bottles have always intriqued me as I am curious to how they do it. I have finally come to the ,perhaps wrong, conclusion that they build the bottle around the ship afterwards. Like mouth blown glass.
Would love to know your thoughts on this, Cherie.
This is the usual way they are done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRuj4wChPtA
I am not sure when I found out how they were done but it was many years ago.