Realistically modeled as a 16th century warship at sea, on an ebonized wooden base applied with a presentation plaque, marked on surface and ship
21 in. (53.3 cm.) long
The presentation plaque reads,
Launch of S.S. 'San Hilario', November 22, 1913. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. Carr, to whom this silver ship is presented by the Eagle Oil Transport Co., Ltd., as a memento of the occasion

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2003, lot 150.

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As noted in the presentation engraving, the S.S. San Hilario was an oil tanker launched by Eagle Oil Transport Co., Ltd. on 22 November 1913 in a ceremony presided over by a Mrs. Carr, who was given the present lot for the occasion. The tanker, which could carry 15,000 tons of oil, was sunk in World War I by a German submarine on 17 April 1917.