Ideal for collectors and enthusiasts of military and transportation models, this piece is a must-have for those who appreciate fine craftsmanship. Top Sail schooner type of Baltimore clipper Class. Karpenko was born in Poltava, in the Ukraine. Member of the’45 Group with his wife Margaret. President Roosevelt had a Carpenko (sometimes spelled this way), a true model of the Hudson River packet sloop Experiment, which sailed for China in 1785, in his Oval Office. He gave this trade up in the 1940s and began sculpting abstract forms like this one from table legs. Signed to the bottom reverse of the head.
Ship model PRIVATEER Baltimore clipper class 160 scale by Nikita Karpenko