Blodwen

A fine and large folk art shadow box diorama depicting the Porthmadog ship Blodwen.

Pilot boat and a tug along with a lighthouse and moonlit painted background.

The Newfoundland trader Blodwen was built by David Jones in Porthmadog in 1891. One of the first of the ‘Western Ocean Yachts’, in 1901 she made record passage from Newfoundland to Patras in Greece (some 4,500 miles) in 22 days. She was event­ually wrecked off Alicante, Spain in 1917.

Welsh c1900.

Measurements: W: 40.5” (103cm); H: 20.75” (52.5cm); D: 5.25” (13.5cm).

 

 

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