Large model of a three-masted, forty-four-gun frigate, with sails set to starboard. Aft deck engraved with leafy branches, with partially openwork windows. Hull and railing made of nailed livestock bone plates; figurehead depicting a woman from the waist up, with a golden patina. Structure, masts, and cannons made of blackened or brown wood; gunports painted red; ropes made of thread and sails made of canvas. Equipped with three rowboats (the one at the stern needs to be partially reattached). Features two ropes with wooden pulleys, to be pulled at the stern to raise the anchors (only one in place, secured to the base). European shipwright or shipyard work, from the late 18th or first quarter of the 19th century. Ship: 74.5 x 85 x 28 cm. Dust, soiling, a few cracks, previous restorations, minor damage, and missing parts. Display stand and tray made of molded wood, blackened, added later. Under a glass display case with patinated metal corner brackets. Tray: 80.5 x 95.5 x 31 cm. A work known as “ponton” or depicting captured and demasted ships, moored on the Thames, serving as prisons for sailors of the young French Republic and later the Empire. Provenance: “Aux Armes de France” Gallery, owned by Charles Marchal, in Paris.