SML-211  OUR LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE

        
SML-211  Our Lady of Good Voyage & SML-211B - synthetic wood version

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reference numbers SML-211: Our Lady of Good Voyage (M)
SML-211A: Our Lady of Good Voyage (gold color) (M)
SML-211B: Our Lady of Good Voyage (synthetic wood) (M)
SML-211C: Our Lady of Good Voyage (ivory color) (M)
SML-211D: Our Lady of Good Voyage (special issue, painted)
description Madonna holding a child
dimensions height = 4 1/2 inches
topics and series Topics: Art & Sculpture Reproductions  Religious Figures & Themes
The Sea & Seafarers
Series: None
related items none
first issued/withdrawn/
discontinued forever		 SML-211  (1952/1975/-) 
SML-211A (1956/1975/-)
SML-211B (mid-1960s)
SML-211C (unknown)
SML-211D (1981/1981/-)
private issue and/or limited edition & quantity SML-211 PI for Roman Catholic Church of Gloucester, MA
era first introduced. Marblehead
value range SML-210: 175/250
SML-210A: 175/250
SML-210B: 250/300
SML-210C: 225/300
SML-210D: 180/220
auction notes none
comments/observations SML-155B "Synthetic wood" version used a process & material called Repron to achieve a wood-like effect. Some figures were also painted in brown to enhance this effect.  I was used for a limited number of figurines during the mid-1960's.

GENERAL INFORMATION. The Roman Catholic Church of Gloucester, Massachusetts, requested this traditional Portuguese Madonna for distribution to its parishioners.  Many were carried in fishing vessels by members of the local fleet.
     In 1956, Baston began distributing the piece through his retail stores. As with St. Joan and St. Sebastian, he tried to lower time and price by gold- and ivory-finishing the piece or casting it in an artificial wood (see SML-169), but the painted pieces remained the most popular.

From Dr. Glenn Johnson's book, The Sebastian Miniature Collection.

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