ART MODELS and GIFTS

Models made from exotic wood and metals - no paint
Faberge level of design and craftsmanship
Outstanding Gifts

These models are not just crafts, but pieces of ART !!!
Exceptional and unparalleled in design and quality.
They are made in hard-to-work-with materials, which are naturally beautiful and strong. They are true subjects of Art and source of Great Aesthetic Pleasure!

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GUNBOAT, US NAVY 1804-1815 wooden handmade toy
GUNBOAT NUMBER 5, US NAVY 1803 wooden handmade to
S-CLASS SUBMARINE, US Navy
SUBTLE British schooner of war, 1808 (american built Baltimore clipper), 1:384 scale
LOUISA American brig 1800, 1:384 scale
OHIO-class US Navy submarine letter opener
CONSTITUTION US navy frigate model in 1:600 scale

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA Canadian Pacific Line,1913.
Ocean liner model in scale 1:900.
Model is 8" long on 10 1/8 mahogany wooden base ( with blue-dyed veneer on the top), made ready for glass cover.
Exotic woods, color dyed veneers and brass, handmade in USA by marine artist Alexander Scherbak.
Only 3 models built. 1 last model available. $3250

CITY OF PANAMA, Pacific Mail Line,1924
Ocean liner model in scale 1:600, 6" long .
Exotic woods and brass, handmade in USA by marine artist Alexander Scherbak. Comes in protective case ( wooden baseboard with acrylic cover).
Only 4 models built.
One last model available. $1895

CARTAGO United Fruit Company 1908
Ocean liner (banana boat) model in scale 1:1250. Model is handmade in USA from scratch by marine artist Alexander Scherbak and representing the ship in 1914, when Great White Fleet of banana boats came under American flag. This colorful model is not painted! It is built from carefully selected exotic hardwood with proper natural colors. The hull and superstructure are carved from solid piece of white American holly - the whitest wood available. Other wood used are pear wood, yellow boxwood, pink ivory, ebony, bamboo. The funnel is complex handmade wooden mosaic reflecting beautiful United Fruit marking - white diamond on the red strip around buff funnel with black top. Life boats and ventilators are individually carved from holly and boxwood respectively. Only 3 models built.
Sold

RAMBLER American privateer 1813.
Extremely small ship model in scale 1:1250 created by marine artist Alexander Scherbak. This model is not built up, but instead carved from solid piece of Swiss pearwood, with addition of gun barrels, anchors, and some rigging lines (back stays) -all from wood. Sails are thinned to light-passing thickness. Tiny sailors are carved from elephant ivory.
This miniature was made after unsigned painting from. Museum collection: American Privateer RAMBLER in the Pearl River, China, in 1814. (Oil 19 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The ship was built 1813, Medford, Mass., 318 tons.
Only 1 built. Not for sale.