It was made by a master builder who died recently at age 89. The model is 26 1/4 long, including bowsprit. The piece at the bottom of the hull has numbers and letters on one side, something like a builder’s model might have. Comes with the stand. The wood is very smooth and firm, so it may be basswood. It doesn’t seem like balsa. Very interesting nautical piece. When I bought this model, I was told that the elderly builder made these hull models so that he could give them to patients at Veterans’ Administration hospitals, so that they could finish them if they wished. I don’t have a name for the model and I’m not sure if it was from a kit. Perhaps he built them from “scratch”, using plans. This one came from his estate. The item “WOODEN MODEL SAILING SHIP/BOAT HULL, by Master Builder, Great Nautical Decor” is in sale since Wednesday, February 01, 2017. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats, Ships\Wooden”. The seller is “bluetop3″ and is located in Ithaca, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.