Scale: 1:24. A full hull model of the topsail schooner HMS Renard (1873) made in wood with metal and organic material fittings and painted in realistic colours. The vessel is depicted fully equipped and rigged, with sails set on both masts. The hull below the waterline, together with the rudder, is coppered using individual plates and painted black above the waterline. The bowsprit is rigged with three jib-sails, the foremast with two square topsails, the mainmast with two sails and there are two additional sails set between the two masts. A white ensign is flying from the peek of the gaff. All masts and spars are depicted in unpainted wood. Other fittings include anchors, windlass, suits of oars, ship’s boat with white-painted hull, and skylight. The model is mounted on a pair of decorative brass crutches and displayed on a wooden rectangular baseboard with moulded edge. A plaque is affixed to the right-hand side of the baseboard. On stern counter ‘Renard’. On plaque ‘Model of H.M. Schooner "Renard" Built at Sydney, N.S.W., 1873. Length 80ft. Breadth 18ft 6in. Depth in hold 9ft 6in. Tons 120. 1 gun (12pdr) Total complement 28. Presented by Mr J.W. Owlett 1923.’ The modelmaker’s label is located underneath the plaque.