The Defender, 1895 Pen and Ink Ship Drawing pottery serving bowl He sits up on his

He sits up on his own and would do so perfectly on a shelf

perhaps closing up a third hole (

leather tongue and ears

3" tall x 2

And like the jellyfish

The Defender, 1895 Pen and Ink Ship Drawing pottery serving bowl He sits up on hisI've got a weakness for drawings of old ships, and this one struck me because it seemed ironic that such a bucolic looking boat would be called the Defender. A little research reveals that the Defender, a J Class racing yacht co owned by William K. Vanderbilt, was in fact the 1895 America's Cup winner. Perhaps Vanderbilt, skipper Henry C. Haff, and co owners Edwin Dennison Morgan and Charles Oliver Iselin are among tiny figures aboard it here! There