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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of a stockless anchor (circa 1822) cast entirely from iron and showing it either damaged or converted to a mooring anchor. Only one arm is connected to the flat-sided oval shaped shank and is complete with the familiar shaped palm. At the top of the shank it tapers into a rectangular section with two small shoulders which once may have supported a stock, just below the large circular ring. The shank stamped: 'INVENTED BY T BROWN 1821', 'THE ANCHOR WAS FINISHED THE 21 JANY 1822', 'MODDLE OF THE ANCHOR 46-3-0', 'MADE IN THE DOCK YARD WOOLWICH'.
CA: AAA.
caption: Stockless anchor
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich anchors Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Tom models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue South Kensington Museum Brown | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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