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THBMahogany Ship's Wheel Purportedly Removed from the Charles W. Morgan
Lot 563
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Mahogany Ship’s Wheel Purportedly Removed from the Charles W. Morgan.
The wheel inherited from our consignor states in his father’s words: “The story was that the wheel belonged to the previous owner’s grandfather. He was a ship’s carpenter and as a young man had worked on the Morgan following WWI. Captain Cleveland had bought the Morgan and was refitting her for a voyage to Desolation Island in the Southern Ocean for sperm and sea elephant oil.
There are several letters that follow that trace my father’s attempt to obtain more information concerning the wheel. Perhaps the most helpful is a letter from Carolyn Sabin, written to Mrs. Edwin McGinn. In it she states that the wheel was given to her father, Reverend Lothrop, by a parishioner whose husband was the carpenter who removed it. Apparently, they used the Charles W. Morgan in the silent movie “Down to the Sea in Ships” which was filmed in 1922 and was the story about a 19th c. Massachusetts whaling family and a lead character was named Captain Charles W. Morgan. It was at that time that the Morgan was in a state of disrepair and to prepare her for the movie it was determined that it would be easier and faster to just put a new wheel on the ship. So, at that time, the old wheel was removed and the story of my father’s attempts to trace its history begins. The wheel was restored by H. Denke in 1969 and a painted ivory plaque affixed to the wheel inscribed: “The wheel of the Charles W. Morgan, removed in refitting, 1916, Restored by H. Denke, 1969.”
Diameter 47 in.
Note: All correspondence tracing the history, and photographs of the restoration will be passed on to the purchaser of this wheel.Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.Condition
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