Model of sloop packet "Aid". Single masted, rigged with a diagonally striped foresail and mainsail. Short bowsprit. Raised stern. Painted white cabin with green roof and two windows on side. Red slide hatch on roof, white door on stern side. Curved red wooden tiller; wide, planked deck. Painted red below waterlilne, black at waterline. Thin yellow stripe through black section. White beneath the rails. Red wooden stand, glass case. Oars are in accession folder. Tag reads: "Aid" c. 1830/Wickford, RI/Captain Sullivan.