Eureka Reporter | 1905-12-01 | Page 6 | Model of Queer Construction

OF QUEER construction made of mutton bones by french na val pr boners one of the most striking curios Is owned by the fishmongers company of london it Is a model of a french frigate this model was built about the beginning of the last century by french naval prisoners of war then confined in the prison at lewes the frames plantings plan kings decks masts and yards are all manufactured from the mutton bones of their rations it has been remarked that the ma must have been skillfully se lecter and most carefully prepared as its appearance at the present time presents a grain as fine as the choicest ivory this unique model was pre A mutton model sealed to the company by mr john hall and was warden in 1883 lon aon graphic