{"product_id":"heritage-series-whaleship-holiday-ornament","title":"Whaleship · Five Small Boats and a Three-Year Voyage · Heritage Holiday Ornament","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;background:#F0EAD6;color:#0B0B0B;border:1px solid #000000;padding:12px 16px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhaleship.\u003c\/strong\u003e Three masts, sails furled, riding at anchor with five small boats slung along her side and a thin red stripe at the waterline. The big ship just carried them; the real hunting happened from the whaleboats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the 1840s the American whaling fleet counted hundreds of ships sailing out of New England ports, New Bedford above all, on voyages that lasted three or four years. A whaling ship rounded Cape Horn for the Pacific grounds and stayed out until the hold was full of oil for a country that had not yet found petroleum. When a whale was sighted the whaleboats went over the side, six men to a boat, and rowed after it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was hard, dangerous, badly paid work, much of it done by young men a long way from home, and it built some of the richest towns in America. Herman Melville shipped out on a whaler in 1841 and came back with a book. Most of the men who went never wrote anything down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur own line drawing, set in crystal so every line of rigging holds under the lights, with the red waterline as the one color. Three inches across, five boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor maritime museums, tall ship volunteers, ship model builders, descendants of whaling families, and everyone drawn to old sailing ships. Profits go to hunger relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaceted crystal, three inches across, with a white back so the line work reads from across the room once the tree is lit. Red ribbon. Boxed in gold or white, your call at checkout. Ships free anywhere in the U.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/heritage-ornaments\" style=\"color:#6b6b6b;text-decoration:underline;\"\u003eMore Heritage Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"ship drawing, tall ship, whaleboat, whaleboats, whaleship, whaling ship, 19th century ships, american whaling, full rigged ship, historic ships, history of whaling, maritime art, maritime history, new bedford whaling, new england whaling, old sailing ships, old ship drawing, sailing ship art, sailing ship drawing, ship illustration, ship sketch, square rigged ship, square rigger, tall ship history, three masted sailing ship, three masted ship, whaling history, 1800s sailing ships, 19th century whaling, maritime decor, maritime gifts, sailing ship decor, sailing ship illustration, sailing ship ornament, ship christmas ornament, ship line drawing, ship ornament, ship pencil drawing, 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