Model No. XA2-1_10: 30sq m Swedish Rule

Model by: NGH?
Made when: 1929 (???)
Possible model scale: 1/16
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Thirty sq m Class
Model location: M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collections

Model description:
"Model in M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collection: 30 Square Meter-class, Painted model; Size: 5"x26"; Acc. No.: XA2-1(10)." (Source: Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2007.)

Comment:
"[This painted model is believed to be] for presentation of display purposes." (Source: Hasselbalch, Kurt and Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin: Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997, p. 81.)

"Apparently labeled 'Herreshoff 23 Footer (Keel) 34 x 23 x 7 x 4 1/2' this model is known to have been displayed in March 1934 at the Sportsman's Show in Providence, RI as a framed exhibit titled 'Scale Models of Recent One-Design Classes By Herreshoff Mfg. Co. R.F. Haffenreffer - Pres. Bristol, R.I.'. A photo of the exhibtion in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum shows it on a framed plate together with models XA2-1_06, XA2-1_07, XA2-1_08 and XA2-1_09. All five models and the corresponding labels are now in the Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection of the MIT Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. February 13, 2022.)

Model identification:
"See other 30 square meter models in the collection of the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 31, 2009.)

Related model(s):
Model 1123 by NGH (1929); sail, not built Model 1126 by NGH (1929); sail Model 1132 by NGH (1929); sail Model 1522 by NGH (1929); sail, not built Model XA2-1_09 by NGH? (1929?); sail Model XA2-1_10 by NGH? (1929?); sail