Her effigy in wood: figureheads with feminine subjects.

The Magazine Antiques | December 1, 1996| | Copyright

Perhaps more than any other maritime artifact, figureheads with feminine subjects evoke the romantic age of sailing. Even when removed from their original context, the mermaids, goddesses, and stately ladies who once guided vessels across the seas are poignant reminders of that bygone era. Unfortunately, relatively few intact examples survive: most of those that weathered the seas' fury and evaded the breaker's yard ended their days rotting away as garden ornaments. Disfigured restorations, carnival ornaments passed off as figureheads, reproductions, and outright fakes have ...

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