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The next earliest ship I know of in miniature is the Chinese Junk. The plate is one of two
from MBC. The other has anchors, rather than dragons, around the edge. This plate also
appeared with the McCormick label. I am not going to attempt to stick strictly to historical
order but the Viking Longships probably come next. The two glass bottles both contain
Viking Longships. The first from Landy of France and the other containing Tokaji from
Hungary. No article of this nature would be complete without at least a couple of the dozens
of Larsen Viking ships. Note I have even given you a ship (Russian) on a ship.

The third Viking ship is not from Larsen. It is from Notre Dame, Argentina and we know of 4
variations. Neto Costa of Portugal made the final (possibly) Viking Ship. As far as I am
aware this is the only version of it.

Is the Royal Louis a Viking Ship
or a Junk? You tell me. There are
at least 6 variations.
The pink Sam Seng ‘Dragon
Boat’ is self explanatory.

The Rabelo boat, used to
transport Port Wine from the
Douro Valley to the cellars near
the city of Porto. It is sometimes
called a barge as it is almost flat
bottomed to navigate the many
rapids on the Douro river. Pocas
is a family Port company, as is
Quinta das Freiras. Ferreira is
part of Sogrape, one of the
biggies of the Port industry.

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