Italian internee-made ship in a bottle
Date made: 1940
Description: Wooden three-masted rigged ship model in a clear glass bottle (Dewar's whisky bottle), handwritten label (pennant) on ship 'Peace'. Bottle on a separate wooden stand. Handwritten label in neck of bottle 'Douglas I.O.M. 23-12-1940 Prisoner of War Souvenir A.Pellosini'. Made in the Palace civilian internment camp (Douglas Promenade), Angelo Pellosini is listed in Palace Camp, 1940. His HO396 card records: Angelo Pellosini born Ameglia 11-7-1898, recorded as held at Metropole Camp. US immigration records show him arriving in that country in 1947, occupation: Boatswain.
A press cutting related to a wooden sailing ship (model) made by internee in February 1943, internee no. 62033 is in object file, also photographs and letter enquiry relating to another ship model by Angelo Pellosini.
See also MNH collection ID Number: 2021-0032 made by Pellosini.
Background:
The Isle of Man played an important role as a centre for internment of Germans, Austrians and Italians in the Second World War. Italian-made craftwork is more common than German. The Italians, as predominantly economic rather than political migrants to Britain, found it harder to demonstrate anti-fascist credentials. Thus they tended to be held on the Island for longer than the Germans.
Measurements: overall: 29.5 x 7.7 cm
Object name: ship in a bottle
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 2005-0061a
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS