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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of a ship's powder room/magazine made entirely of wood. Model consists of a tall rectangular wooden box with removable lid and back (a replacement), the outside of which is stained and varnished natural wood as well as areas of artificial graining. The interior of the model is painted a creamy yellow overall and consists of a series of six vertical wooden frames with adjustable horizontal slats. There is space for five tiers of powder barrels, three deep, stored on their sides. The barrels are turned from a single piece of oak and complete with metal and wooden hoops with a small hinged door at one end underneath which is a circular tin lid. At the other end of the barrel is hand-written in black ink, the type, the no. and size of the powder bags kept within. In total there are forty one powder barrels. The floor of the magazine has been lined with a metal sheet. One of a pair of magazine models: see SLR2435.
CA: BAC.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
caption: Powder room magazine
caption: Powder keys | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich accommodation spaces Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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