Sometimes we get bored with making the same stuff day after day - just "taking care of business". We want to try something different, something special - just to see what we can do. So we decided to start a series of "Special Issue" projects. These are a kind of very restricted "Limited Edition". Only a very limited few will be made. Sometimes as little as 6. The first one will go into our own private collection, and the remaining few will be offered for sale. The DeBrady Glass Studio's private collection will travel - to be displayed at various shows, exhibitions, and Maritime Museums.

Each design is extensively researched and every effort made to make a detailed scale model of the original. Every Special Issue model comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.

 
 

 

 
   
     
 
"Nonsuch"
 
     
 
 
     
 

Scale model of the "NONSUCH", an armed frigate operated by the "Hudson's Bay Co." This 24" long model incorporates kiln slumped glass sails with a porcelain and is fully detailed including 8 cast lead cannons on deck.

RETAIL PRICE

$ 2400.00 Canadian

 
     
   
     
 
"Sea Witch" CLIPPER
 
     
 
 
     
 

This wonderfully crafted model is 32 inches long and 26 inches tall.. Each model comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticy. A total of 16 models are being built. One will remain in the private collection of DeBrady Glass and only 15 will be available for public sale.

RETAIL PRICE

$ 1800.00 Canadian

 
     
   
     
 
1903 WRIGHT "Flyer"
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
  To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Wilbur & Orville Wright's historic flight at Kitty Hawk, DeBrady Glass has built 100 glass and brass models of their plane. Each DeBrady model is carefully handmade to 1:24th scale from blueprints for the original plane and bears a brass plaque certifying the issue number accompanied by a matching Certificate of Authenticity. The wingspan of this model is 20 inches across.

One model will be kept in DeBrady's private collection for travelling exhibit, 9 will be distributed to museums, and only the remaining 90 will be offered for sale.

RETAIL PRICE

$ 500.00 Canadian

 
     
 
 
     
 
CHINESE JUNK
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 

This model has been built to careful scale of the many different Junks that hauled people and cargo along the coast and rivers of China and India. It's not modelled on any specific Junk, but includes elements from several different such ships.

It's 20 inches long and 18 inches tall. Each model comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticy. A total of 16 models are being built. One will remain in the private collection of DeBrady Glass and only 15 will be available for public sale.

RETAIL PRICE

$ 900.00 Canadian

 
     
   
     
 
STERNWHEEL RIVERBOAT
 
 

 

 
 
 
     
 
 
 

This model has been built to careful scale of the many different riverboats that hauled people and cargo up and down the major rivers of America. It's not modelled on any specific boat, but includes elements from several different paddlewheelers.

It's 32 inches long, 16 inches tall and 7 inches wide. Each model comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. A total of 11 models are being built. One will remain in the DeBrady Glass private collection and only 10 will be available for private sale.


RETAIL PRICE

$ 2,000.00 Canadian

SORRY, the STEERNWHEEL RIVERBOAT model is SOLD OUT

 
     
   
 

 

 
 
LIGHTHOUSE
 
     
 
 
 

 

 
 

This Special Edition lighthouse wasn't modelled after any specific lighthouse, but instead includes elements from many of the more interesting ones on both the Pacific and Atlantic coast of North America. It has been wired to operate as a lamp, with an incandescent bulb at top and another inside the tower base. The model is 25 inches tall and 8 inches in diameter.

A total of 10 models were built.

PRICE: $ 600.00 Canadian

SORRY, the LIGHTHOUSE model is SOLD OUT

 
     
   
     
 
VIRGINIA CLIPPER
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 

Modelled on the "Yankee" or "Baltimore" clippers that sailed off the east coast of America, this is a composite design of several different such ships. It's 27 inches tall and 27 inches long.

A total of 10 models were built.

PRICE: $ 1,000.00 Canadian

SORRY, the VIRGINIA CLIPPER model is SOLD OUT

 
     
   
     
 
TEA CLIPPER "Marco Polo"
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 

This Special Edition of the clipper ship "Marco Polo" was made to detailed scale from plans for the original ship. It took many hours to build, and almost a half a mile of copper wire. Every effort was made to ensure it was rigged and detailed just like the original ship. The finished model is 32 inches long and 32 inches tall.

A total of 6 models were built.

PRICE: $ 1,800.00 Canadian

SORRY, the "Marco Polo" model is SOLD OUT