Milieu du soldes siècle - Longship viking en bois bronze massif et laiton - Edward Aagaard - Danemark

An impressive Danish mid-century bronze, brass and wood model of a Viking longship designed by Edward Aagaard and dating from around the 1960s. Made in Copenhagen this heavily made ship (1.7kg) has a raised dragon figure head to the fore and a raised tail to the rear with ornate detailing. The hull is modelled showing the riveted planks with ornate shields resting along the edge and with oar holes to the hull below to both port and starboard. A wooden mast supports a large sail decorated with an eagle and is supported with twisted wire rigging with a penant to the top of the mast. The ship has an ornate rudder / tiller to the rear. A beautiful display piece of typical Danish quality in very good condition.

This model is not supplied with a stand. It measures approx 40.5 cm (16 inch), 34.5 cm (13,5 inch) heigh, 18cm (7 inch) wide and weighs 1700g (1.7kg). The width measurement is the maximum width of the sail suppot when displayed and the maximim hull width is approx 9.5 cm (3.75 inch).