Bronze Age Gold from Wales

MARCHIONESS OF BUTE, full hull ship model

Baker, William (Model maker)

Full hull model of the MARCHIONESS OF BUTE. The model was made in the front parlour of a house in Loudoun Sqaure by William Baker, in 1910, and taken to Cardiff Castle in that year.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

47.213/3

Creation/Production

Foreman Shipwright, Cardiff Railway. Mr Baker was the son of Thomas Baker, boat builder who had premises on the Glamorgan Canal near James Street (see P83.609).
Role: Model maker
Place: Cardiff
Period: 1910

Acquisition

donation, 6/8/1947

Measurements

Length (mm): 2035
Width (mm): 760
Height (mm): 1680

Material

Wood
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