Maryland
Plans, Photos, and Models of Flattie Skiffs
in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Collection
"Flattie" is a name generally used to refer to a flat-bottom or flatiron sailing skiff. But for watermen of the Chesapeake Bay, the flattie was a crabbing or oystering skiff with a flat bottom forward and a v-bottom aft. It seems likely that on the Chesapeake, the flattie evolved from the flatiron skiff or sharpie and later developed into the deadrise skiff (v-bottom fore and aft). Chapelle noted, however, that the stick-up flattie remained popular on the Eastern Shore until all sailing skiffs were replaced by gas-powered workboat.
Below is a list of all results found when searching for "flattie" in the online database of the CBMM Collections.
I published this list because contents of the CBMM database are not visible to search engines. As a result, these historic items that describe Eastern Shore sailing workboats can only be discovered if you already know how to find and use the CBMM Collections database. The database contents here can be discovered with web search engines.
CBMM Catalog Results for "Flattie"
See the original search results here: flattie
Catalog No.: 0000.0901.0373.00
Title: TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTAN
Artist/Maker: Barrie, George
Catalog Description: TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. SKIFF IS BETWEEN TOW OTHER VESSELS. SEE 901.379 Place: LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Place Made : Little Choptank River MD
Subjects : Bay Craft
Catalog No.: 1964.0002.0001.00
Title: Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crabbing skiff
Artist/Maker: Gibson, R H
Catalog Description: Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 -
Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab skiff with stickup jib, 1901, built by Major Johnson, Dorchester County, Lines are taken from Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" Pencil drawing of both deck, hull and sail plans. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society.
Dim-Eng : 15.500in x 17.500in
Catalog No.: 0000.0901.0379.00
Title: TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK
Artist/Maker: Barrie, George
Catalog Description: TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER. BUGEYE IN BACKGROUND.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. SEE 901.373 Place: LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Place Made : Little Choptank River MD
Subjects : Bay Craft
Catalog No.: 0000.0901.0399.00
Title: SKIFF WITH STICK-UP RIG UNDER SAIL.; From old Rema
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: SKIFF WITH STICK-UP RIG UNDER SAIL.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. OTHER VESSEL IN BACKGROUND. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Subjects : Bay Craft
Catalog No.: 0000.0901.0964.00
Title: FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING INTO HARBOR ON CHE
Artist/Maker: Munro, R M
Catalog Description: FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING INTO HARBOR ON CHESAPEAKE ABOUT 1885.; From old Remarks field: PHOTOS BY R.M.MUNROE SECTION. Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SHARPIES; SAIL VESSELS
Place Made : No Address Middle River, Chesapeake MD USA
Catalog No.: 0000.0901.0965.00
Title: FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING ON THE CHESAPEAKE
Artist/Maker: Munro, R M
Catalog Description: Artist-Maker : Munro, R M Photographer
Date Made : Range,Circ 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1885
Description : FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING ON THE CHESAPEAKE ABOUT 1885.; From old Remarks field: PHOTOS BY R.M.MUNROE SECTION. OTHER BOATS IN THE BACKGROUND. Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SHARPIES; SAIL VESSELS
Place Made : No Address Middle River, Chesapeake MD USA
Catalog No.: 0000.1290.3913.00
Title: Flattie or Sharpie undersail from port quarter
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Flattie or Sharpie under sail from port quarter; two sails set; two men on board; she appears to be leaving dock because man is standing near piling at left. "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back; copy print; no place, no date, but may be late 19th or early 20th century judging from men's garb. For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photograph by Ralph M. Munroe; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
Catalog No.: 0000.1290.3914.00
Title: Crab Flattie moored at Deal Island
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Crab Flattie moored at Deal Island; sail furled; other vessels in background. For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photographer unknown; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
Place Made : Deal Island Deal Island Somerset Tangier Sound Eastern Shore MD
Catalog No.: 0000.1290.3915.00
Title: Flattie under sail in a harbor, seen from starboar
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Range, Cir 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1885
Description : Flattie under sail in a harbor, seen from starboard side; empty sorting plank amidships; may have been oystering?; no place; large shed in background, pilings in foreground; For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photograph by Ralph M. Munroe; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
Catalog No.: 1964.0002.0001.00
Title: Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab
Artist/Maker: Gibson, R H
Catalog Description: Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 -
Description : Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab skiff with stickup jib, 1901, built by Major Johnson, Dorchester County, Lines are taken from Chapelle's "American Small Sailing Craft" Pencil drawing of both deck, hull and sail plans. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society.
Dim-Eng : 15.500in x 17.500in
Catalog No.: 1966.0103.0001.00
Title: Full model of Lula, 3 sail flattie bateau. Made by
Artist/Maker: Winslow,
Catalog Description: Artist-Maker : Winslow, Creator
Description : Full model of Lula, 3 sail flattie bateau. Made by Prince Winslow. Excellent quality. Condition: good.
Dim-Eng : 37.500in x 9.000in x 35.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Richard H Hutching IV
Catalog No.: 1967.0047.0004.00
Title: Full model of flattie skiff. Unpainted. 1/4" scale
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Description : Full model of flattie skiff. Unpainted. 1/4" scale. Planked and framed. Excellent quaility.
Credit Line : Gift of Philip C Cook
Catalog No.: 1976.0042.0043.00
Title: Little Choptank Flattie
Artist/Maker: Chapelle, Howard I
Catalog Description: Date Made : 01/01/1954 -
Description : Little Choptank Flattie from builder's dimensions. Built 1906, Hudson. Les Seward, boatbuilder. 1/2" scale. Condition: Fair. Material: Pencil on tracing paper.
Dim-Eng : 17.000in x 33.500in
Catalog No.: 1976.0042.0049.00
Title: PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON,
Artist/Maker: Johnson, Major A
Catalog Description: Artist-Maker : Johnson, Major A Designer
Chapelle, Howard I Creator
Date Made : Range,Exac 01/01/1941 - 12/31/1941
Description : PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON, BISHOP'S HEAD MD., 1897. PLANS DATE TO 1941. This plan appears as figure 2 in Chapelle, Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Materials: PAPER Associated Place: BISHOP'S HEAD, MD
Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle
Catalog No.: 1994.0027.0037.00
Title: Skiff Plan, Patuxent Rail. Calvert Marine Museum.
Artist/Maker: Hall, W H
Catalog Description: Date Made : Exact 01/01/1978 -
Description : Skiff Plan, Patuxent Rail. Calvert Marine Museum. Flattie Skiff LOA 16' by W. Hall Jr. 1978 Blueprint Line. Condition: good.
Catalog No.: 1994.0027.0076.00
Title: Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Description : Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and offsets, sail paln - 1 sheet, no names. Pencil on drafting paper, 1 blackline print, 3 blueline prints. Condition: fair.
Catalog No.: 1994.0027.0096.00
Title: Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Description : Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's drawing, published as figure 2 in Chapelle's booklet "Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Builder Major Johnson. Blueprint Condition; poor.
Dim-Eng : 17.500in x 19.500in
Catalog No.: 1999.0001.0001.00
Title: Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh "Loose Mai
Artist/Maker: Vosburgh, Leonard W
Catalog Description: Artist-Maker : Vosburgh, Leonard W Artist
Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Description : Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh "Loose Main Sheet", shows a double ended skiff with a man at the rudder; depicting a circa 1908 scene, signed LL, matted and framed. Condition: Image in excellent condition, fram has chipped paing around outside edges and spots of white paint, small hole on LL backing of frame. Material: Graphite, watercolor. From the estate of the artist, Leonard Vosburgh.
Dim-Eng : 22.750in x 29.000in
Credit Line : Gift of ALBERTA M VOSBURGH
Catalog No.: 1999.0001.0005.00
Title: Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh "Hampton F
Artist/Maker: Vosburgh, Leonard W
Catalog Description: Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Description : Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh "Hampton Flattie" shows two African American men in a Flattie, circa 1878, signed LL, matted and framed Condition: Image in excellent condition, frame has dirt in LR corner under glass, scratches on the LR corner and edges of frame, hole in backing near the left hook. Material: Graphite, watercolor. From the estate of the artist, Leonard Vosburgh.
Dim-Eng : 24.000in x 30.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
Catalog No.: 2001.0047.0001.00
Title: Wooden baling scoop, originally painted dark green
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Date Made : Circa 01/01/1971 -
Description : Wooden baling scoop, originally painted dark green. Used aboard donor's Applegarth flattie, AMBERJACK. Condition: Poor. Worn edge, wood splitting where nailed.
Dim-Eng : 12.000in x 6.250in x 3.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
Catalog No.: 2001.0047.0002.00
Title: Metal, mouth operated fog horn used on board donor
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: Date Made : Circa 01/01/1971 -
Description : Metal, mouth operated fog horn used on board donor's Applegarth flattie, AMBERJACK, (1971-1996). Horn is cut with fitted mouthpiece soldered to horn. Condition: Fair. Some rust, worn.
Dim-Eng : 13.500in x x x 2.250in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
Catalog No.: 2022.0004.0010
Title: Flattie Stick-up Skiff Model
Artist/Maker: Thieler, Edward R
Catalog Description: Artist-Maker : Thieler, Edward R
Date Made : 2004
Description : Model of a circa 1987 flattie stick-up skiff. Built from plans in American Small Sailing Craft. It is painted red and white with one sail. There is fishing equipment inside the skiff.
Dim-Eng : [H]26.5 x [W]10 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]25.25
Credit Line : Gift of Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
Catalog No.: 2022.0004.0016
Title: Little Choptank River Skiff Model
Artist/Maker: Thieler, Edward R
Catalog Description: Thieler, Edward R
Date Made : 2005
Description : Model of a Little Choptank river skiff, also known as a two-mast stick-up flattie. It is painted red and white with two masts. There are oyster tongs and other equipment laid across the deck. The boat is tied to a post as if docked, and there are fish depicted in the water below.
Dim-Eng : [H]30.5 x [W]10.5 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]29
Credit Line : Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
Catalog No.: 2022.0004.0022
Title: Four Chesapeake Bay Boat Bottoms Model
Artist/Maker: Thieler, Edward R
Catalog Description: A model of the bottoms of four different types of Chesapeake Bay boats. The boats are displayed all in a row on silts and sawhorses. On the far left is a flat bottomed boat. It is painted white and there is a a worker in a blue baseball cap with a paintbrush painting the side of the boat. Next to that one is a flattie which is also painted white and has tools resting on it. To the right of the flattie is a modified sharpie. It is painted white and a worker in a broad brimmed blue hat is working on the boat. He has a saw and a bucket of tools. The boat on the far right is a skipjack. It is painted red and white with a bucket of paint, paintbrush, and sledgehammer leaning against it.
Dim-Eng : [H]9.5 x [W]13.25 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]48
Credit Line : Gift of Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
Catalog No.: 8888.0028.0000.00
Title: M. V. Brewington Collection: 1930s-1950s
Artist/Maker:
Catalog Description: [bio omitted] [no ref to flattie]
Scope and ContentThe collection represents Brewington's research methods. The range and type of material reflects the author's meticulous search for details regarding all aspects of the Chesapeake Bay's vernacular watercraft and shipping. The majority of information was collected during the period 1930-1950, though some documents exceed this date. Many of the documents, newspaper abstracts, and notes examine general information regarding eighteenth- and nineteenth-century shipbuilding and maritime commerce. Most of the correspondence deals specifically with information regarding late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Chesapeake Bay vessels. The ship plans preserve specific designs of Chesapeake Bay related watercraft. Subject: Marion V Brewington
Credit Line : Gift of Mystic Seaport Museum
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More Flatties
0000.0901.0373.00
Photo
TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK
Barrie, George
TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. SKIFF IS BETWEEN TOW OTHER VESSELS. SEE 901.379 Place: LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Place Made : Little Choptank River MD
Subjects : Bay Craft
0000.0901.0379.00
Photo
TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK
Barrie, George
TWO-MASTED STICK-UP RIGGED SKIFF ON LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER. BUGEYE IN BACKGROUND.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. SEE 901.373 Place: LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Place Made : Little Choptank River MD
Subjects : Bay Craft
0000.0901.0399.00
Photo
SKIFF WITH STICK-UP RIG UNDER SAIL
SKIFF WITH STICK-UP RIG UNDER SAIL.; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION. OTHER VESSEL IN BACKGROUND. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIFFS
Subjects : Bay Craft
0000.0901.0964.00
Photo
FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING INTO HARBOR ON CHESAPEAKE
Munro, R M
FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING INTO HARBOR ON CHESAPEAKE ABOUT 1885.; From old Remarks field: PHOTOS BY R.M.MUNROE SECTION. Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SHARPIES; SAIL VESSELS
Place Made : No Address Middle River, Chesapeake MD USA
0000.0901.0965.00
Photo
FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING ON THE CHESAPEAKE
Munro, R M
Artist-Maker : Munro, R M Photographer
Date Made : Range,Circ 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1885
Description : FLATTIE (CHAPELLE'S ID) SAILING ON THE CHESAPEAKE ABOUT 1885.; From old Remarks field: PHOTOS BY R.M.MUNROE SECTION. OTHER BOATS IN THE BACKGROUND. Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SHARPIES; SAIL VESSELS
Place Made : No Address Middle River, Chesapeake MD USA
0000.1290.3913.00
Photo
Flattie or Sharpie undersail from port quarter
Flattie or Sharpie under sail from port quarter; two sails set; two men on board; she appears to be leaving dock because man is standing near piling at left. The Mariners' Museum stamped on back; copy print; no place, no date, but may be late 19th or early 20th century judging from men's garb. For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photograph by Ralph M. Munroe; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
0000.1290.3914.00
Photo
Crab Flattie moored at Deal Island
Crab Flattie moored at Deal Island; sail furled; other vessels in background. For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photographer unknown; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
Place Made : Deal Island Deal Island Somerset Tangier Sound Eastern Shore MD
0000.1290.3915.00
Photo
Flattie under sail in a harbor, seen from starboard
Range, Cir 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1885
Description : Flattie under sail in a harbor, seen from starboard side; empty sorting plank amidships; may have been oystering?; no place; large shed in background, pilings in foreground; For source, see 1295.0001
Credit Line : Photograph by Ralph M. Munroe; Robert H. Burgess Collection, CBMM
1964.0002.0001.00
Ship Plans
Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab skiff
Gibson, R H Date Made : Exact 01/01/1964 -
Description : Drawing of Chesapeake sailing craft, Flattie crab skiff with stickup jib, 1901, built by Major Johnson, Dorchester County, Lines are taken from Chapelle's American Small Sailing Craft Pencil drawing of both deck, hull and sail plans. Drawn by donor in 1964 for Talbot County Historical Society. Dim-Eng : 15.500in x 17.500in 1966.0103.0001.00
Model
Full model of Lula, 3 sail flattie bateau. Made by Winslow,
Artist-Maker : Winslow, Creator
Description :Full model of Lula, 3 sail flattie bateau. Made by Prince Winslow. Excellent quality. Condition: good. Dim-Eng :37.500in x 9.000in x 35.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Richard H Hutching IV
1967.0047.0004.00
skiffs (model)
Full model of flattie skiff. Unpainted. 1/4 scale
Description : Full model of flattie skiff. Unpainted. 1/4 scale. Planked and framed. Excellent quaility. Credit Line : Gift of Philip C Cook
1976.0042.0043.00
Ship Plans
Little Choptank Flattie
Chapelle, Howard I
Date Made : 01/01/1954 -
Description : Little Choptank Flattie from builder's dimensions. Built 1906, Hudson. Les Seward, boatbuilder. 1/2 scale. Condition: Fair. Material: Pencil on tracing paper. Dim-Eng :17.000in x 33.500in
1976.0042.0049.00
Ship Plans
PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON
Johnson, Major A
Artist-Maker : Johnson, Major A Designer; Chapelle, Howard I Creator
Date Made : Range,Exac 01/01/1941 - 12/31/1941
Description : PLANS OF CRABBING FLATTIE, BUILT BY MAJOR JOHNSON, BISHOP'S HEAD MD., 1897. PLANS DATE TO 1941. This plan appears as figure 2 in Chapelle, Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Materials: PAPER Associated Place: BISHOP'S HEAD, MD Credit Line : Gift of Howard I Chapelle
1994.0027.0037.00
Ship Plans
Skiff Plan, Patuxent Rail. Calvert Marine Museum.
Hall, W H
Date Made : Exact 01/01/1978 -
Description : Skiff Plan, Patuxent Rail. Calvert Marine Museum. Flattie Skiff LOA 16' by W. Hall Jr. 1978 Blueprint Line. Condition: good.
1994.0027.0076.00
Ship Plans
Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and offsets
Description : Plan: Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Flattie. Lines and offsets, sail paln - 1 sheet, no names. Pencil on drafting paper, 1 blackline print, 3 blueline prints. Condition: fair.
1994.0027.0096.00
Ship Plans
Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's drawing
Description : Plan: Flattie, crabbing. Print of H.I. Chapelle's drawing, published as figure 2 in Chapelle's booklet Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiffs. Builder Major Johnson. Blueprint Condition; poor.
Dim-Eng : 17.500in x 19.500in
1999.0001.0001.00
watercolor paintings
Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh Loose Main Sheet
Vosburgh, Leonard W
Artist-Maker : Vosburgh, Leonard W Artist
Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Description : Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh Loose Main Sheet, shows a double ended skiff with a man at the rudder; depicting a circa 1908 scene, signed LL, matted and framed. Condition: Image in excellent condition, fram has chipped paing around outside edges and spots of white paint, small hole on LL backing of frame. Material: Graphite, watercolor. From the estate of the artist, Leonard Vosburgh.
Dim-Eng : 22.750in x 29.000in
Credit Line : Gift of ALBERTA M VOSBURGH
1999.0001.0005.00
watercolor paintings
Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh Hampton Flattie
Vosburgh, Leonard W
Date Made : Range, Cir 01/01/1980 - 12/31/1999
Description : Watercolor painting by Leonard Vosburgh Hampton Flattie shows two African American men in a Flattie, circa 1878, signed LL, matted and framed Condition: Image in excellent condition, frame has dirt in LR corner under glass, scratches on the LR corner and edges of frame, hole in backing near the left hook. Material: Graphite, watercolor. From the estate of the artist, Leonard Vosburgh.
Dim-Eng : 24.000in x 30.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
2001.0047.0001.00
Misc. Artifact
Wooden baling scoop, originally painted dark green
Date Made : Circa 01/01/1971 -
Description : Wooden baling scoop, originally painted dark green. Used aboard donor's Applegarth flattie, AMBERJACK. Condition: Poor. Worn edge, wood splitting where nailed.
Dim-Eng : 12.000in x 6.250in x 3.000in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
2001.0047.0002.00
Misc. Artifact
Metal, mouth operated fog horn used on board donor's flattie
Date Made : Circa 01/01/1971 -
Description : Metal, mouth operated fog horn used on board donor's Applegarth flattie, AMBERJACK, (1971-1996). Horn is cut with fitted mouthpiece soldered to horn. Condition: Fair. Some rust, worn.
Dim-Eng : 13.500in x x x 2.250in
Credit Line : Gift of Alberta M Vosburgh
2022.0004.0010
Model Flattie Stick-up Skiff Model
Thieler, Edward R
Artist-Maker : Thieler, Edward R
Date Made : 2004
Description : Model of a circa 1987 flattie stick-up skiff. Built from plans in American Small Sailing Craft. It is painted red and white with one sail. There is fishing equipment inside the skiff.
Dim-Eng : [H]26.5 x [W]10 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]25.25
Credit Line : Gift of Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
2022.0004.0016
Model Little Choptank River Skiff Model
Thieler, Edward R
Date Made : 2005
Description : Model of a Little Choptank river skiff, also known as a two-mast stick-up flattie. It is painted red and white with two masts. There are oyster tongs and other equipment laid across the deck. The boat is tied to a post as if docked, and there are fish depicted in the water below.
Dim-Eng : [H]30.5 x [W]10.5 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]29
Credit Line : Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
2022.0004.0022
Model
Four Chesapeake Bay Boat Bottoms Model
Thieler, Edward R
A model of the bottoms of four different types of Chesapeake Bay boats. The boats are displayed all in a row on silts and sawhorses. On the far left is a flat bottomed boat. It is painted white and there is a a worker in a blue baseball cap with a paintbrush painting the side of the boat. Next to that one is a flattie which is also painted white and has tools resting on it. To the right of the flattie is a modified sharpie. It is painted white and a worker in a broad brimmed blue hat is working on the boat. He has a saw and a bucket of tools. The boat on the far right is a skipjack. It is painted red and white with a bucket of paint, paintbrush, and sledgehammer leaning against it.
Dim-Eng : [H]9.5 x [W]13.25 x [D] x [Diam] x [L]48
Credit Line : Gift of Dr. Edward R. Thieler III
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