NYC - South Street Seaport Museum - Ship's Figurehead Ship's Figurehead, circa 1860 Figureheads are carved wooden sculptures mounted on the bows of shps. Depicted in the typical mid 19th century Victorian dress, this figuredhead holds a rose, probably related to the name of the ship for which its made. The vessel is unknown, however. The custom of decorating ships' bows probably began with the Ancient Egyptians. Greeks and Romans preferred figures of swift horses, ferocious boars and warrios. With the advent of the clipper ship in the 19th century, the figurehead evolved into a single figure, often a woman. Though tradition dictated it was unlucky to have a woman aboard a shp, it was believed that a female figurehead coulc calm stormy seas. This figurehead was discovered in the late 1970s in a warehouse formerly owned by the Consolidated Ship Building Co. at 132nd Street and St. Anne's Ave, Bronx, New York. It closely resembles a figurehead in the collection of Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut. / VFL.Ru — надёжный и быстрый фотохостинг с 2009 года

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Название: NYC - South Street Seaport Museum - Ship's Figurehead Ship's Figurehead, circa 1860 Figureheads are carved wooden sculptures mounted on the bows of shps. Depicted in the typical mid 19th century Victorian dress, this figuredhead holds a rose, probably related to the name of the ship for which its made. The vessel is unknown, however. The custom of decorating ships' bows probably began with the Ancient Egyptians. Greeks and Romans preferred figures of swift horses, ferocious boars and warrios. With the advent of the clipper ship in the 19th century, the figurehead evolved into a single figure, often a woman. Though tradition dictated it was unlucky to have a woman aboard a shp, it was believed that a female figurehead coulc calm stormy seas. This figurehead was discovered in the late 1970s in a warehouse formerly owned by the Consolidated Ship Building Co. at 132nd Street and St. Anne's Ave, Bronx, New York. It closely resembles a figurehead in the collection of Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.
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