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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A sectional model of a box plate and clip used as armour plating on wooden ships, as patented by Mr Jones in 1861. The model has been made entirely in wood and has two clips with dovetail joints that can be removed from the box plate. At either end of the box plate there are a further four dovetail joints. A paper label has been applied to the underside of the box plate and reads "Jones's patent No.1202 Box plate and clip for armoured wooden ships".
CA: BBB.Referenced in the Royal Naval Museum 1876 Catalogue, pg 18, Wager Room, No 2 'Full and sectional model of a gun-boat, showing plan of ironplates. South Kensington catalogue pa 54, No 163'.
caption: Box plating armour plating | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Jones Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Royal Naval College Museum Catalogue Royal Naval College Museum Mr (designer) models (representations) Naval Models Catalogue sectional models South Kensington Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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