The ship made of stained oak "Kapitanessa"

The ship "Kapitanessa" is a magnificent souvenir work created based on miniatures from the time of Saint Louis IX, King of France.

It is known from history that the ship "Captainess" on August 10, 1239, delivered to France the greatest shrine of the Christian world — the Crown of Thorns of the Lord Jesus Christ. Louis IX bought the shrine for 135,000 livres, half of France's budget.

In the manufacture of the "Captainess" nave, the craftsmen used the unique technique of "Ship Sculpture". The hull of the vessel is made of several types of stained oak aged from 1000 to 2000 years, which is confirmed by official documents of radiocarbon analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The sails and furniture are made of mammoth tusk. Many elements are made of copper, silver, potali and genuine leather. Hand-woven linen was used for the rigging. The product is inlaid with sea and river pearls, mother of pearl, amber, corals, agates and jet.

The sculpture is located on a pedestal with a built-in electric motor, allowing you to admire the rotating ship from any angle. The pedestal combines modern technologies and relict material — stained oak. It is symbolic that the oak used for the pedestal has been under water in the riverbed since approximately the thirties of our era. It was at this time that Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist and began to openly preach the Word of God.

The technical equipment also includes a backlight mounted in ropan shells, sculpturally located at the corners of the pedestal.