This ship is listed in H&J as #4262, in the 'Sterling & Plated Figurals' category, although it is neither sterling nor plated - it is solid pewter. There are five shields on each side, shields are bidirectional. H&J does show the spoon that is pictured below.
The original height of the heads is difficult to determine. Pewter is a soft metal, and bends easily. I have seen this style ship with the heads in different positions - from nearly upright, to bent so far back they're looking straight up. My personal preference is either upright, or very slightly bent back, so as to follow the curve of the ship's hull.
This is a variation of the same ship. This ship is identical in nearly every respect with the one above; however, the "NORGE" marking on the bow has been almost totally obscured (seems to be more 'covered over', than filed or ground off). Why? I do not know. The markings on the bottom of this ship are identical to the first one.
On this ship, the "NORGE" on the bow has been somewhat more successfully obscured (you can just barely make out a bit of the letter "E").
This is the spoon that came with the second example of variation one above. The spoon has the "TPB" marking in raised lettering, but the "NORGE" was either never there, or very skillfully obscured or removed.
Except for the addition of a sail, this ship is identical to the first ship shown above. Same dragon heads, same shields, same marking "NORGE" on the bow, same markings on the bottom. The mast is attached to the bottom inside of the ship. The bottom of the sail is attached to one shield on each side. The mast has a pennant at the top. The sail has the word "NORGE" across the front in raised lettering, and some decorative (possibly rope-type) detail along the top of the sail.
This is the same ship, but written on the sail, in raised lettering, is the word "SVERIGE". There is no trace of anything on the bow, where the ship above had the word 'NORGE'. The ship also appears to be a different (probably newer) type of pewter, as it's a lot shinier, and doesn't have the same 'soft grey' pewter look that the other ships have.
Picture copyright eBay seller whatsupdoc19, used with permission
This was seen on eBay. It has dragon heads that look slightly different than those pictured above (note that the back of the dragon head is more rounded). And the shields also appeared to be a different design (four dots on each shield around the central shield boss). The description stated 'pewter' and 'approx. 3 inches long'.
Another 5-shield pewter ship I've seen has still different dragon heads. The shield design was not clear on the picture I've seen.
The markings on the underside of this ship read "MADE IN NORWAY", and they appear to be stamped into the pewter.
This pewter ship measures just over 4½ inches at the longest point. The five shields are unidirectional, oriented with the dragon head as the front, and all identical. This is a 'footed salt' style ship, and the only pewter ship I know of so far that has waves for a base.
