U.S.FRIGATE
the CONSTITUTION
" OLD IRONSIDES "
Made by GREENBLATT
DESIGN # 10

HEIGHT = 10 3/4 inches
WIDTH = 8 1/2 inches
DEPTH = 2 1/2 inches
VALUE = $300 - $500

MARKING :
Copyrighted 1924
(Backside in lower cavity)
A M CREENBLATT STUDIOS
Backside in lower cavity
BOSTON MASS
Backside in lower cavity
10 Backside on bottom rim
THE CONSTITUTION
on Front

Note :
A.M. Greenblatt WAS IN OPERATION FROM 1924 UNTIL 1948-49 AT 17 RICHMOND STREET IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. MORRIS GREENBLATT WAS THE OWNER and WAS FIRST ASSOCIATED in 1902 WITH THE NUBIAN ART COMPANY AND LATER WITH BOSTON PLASTIC ART CO. in 1909. THIS IS ONE OF HIS EARLIEST DOORSTOPS, 1924

THE GREAT CHASE of JULY 11, 1812

Less thin a month after the United States declared war on Great Britain, USS CONSTITUTION, under the command of Capt. Isaac Hull, was en route to New York. Off the coast of Egg Harbor, NJ, she spent more than 50 hours outmaneuvering five English warships Greatly outnumbered and desperate to outrun his British adversaries, Capt. Hull ordered the nearly 500 men to make the 2,200-ton ship lighter and sail faster. Hull ordered his men to shorten the ship's sails in preparation for a squall a few hours later, and when the British ships did the same, the American captain then unfurled his ship's sails. and the USS CONSTITUTION raced away at 11 knots, almost her top operating speed, and the Royal Navy ships gave up the chase early the next morning.

CONSTITUTION is Named "OLD IRONSIDES"

On August 19, 1812, USS CONSTITUTION encountered the frigate HMS GUERRIERE off the coast of Nova Scotia on the above date. As the distance closed, HMS GUERRIERE crew to began to fire broadsides early. the USS CONSTITUTION chose to hold fire until just within less than a Pistol Shot. In the course of this 35-minute battle, an astonished sailor observed a British 18-lb. iron cannonballs, bouncing harmlessly off USS CONSTITUTION's 25-inch oak hull, and he cried out, "Huzza! Her sides are made of iron!" Henceforth, USS CONSTITUTION carried the nickname "Old Ironsides." CONSTITUTION's 24-lb. shots (vs the English's 18 lb) were devastating, bringing down the English warship's masts. The first United States Marine Corps officer to die in combat at sea was Lt. William Bush, who was shot on USS CONSTITUTION's
HMS GUERRIERE's signaled surrender to the American frigate.
The USS CONSTITUTION can be visted today in CHARLESTOWN, MASS