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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A model of an unidentified stockless anchor, possibly early 19th century. The model is made entirely in iron and painted black which has eroded in places to reveal bare patches of oxidised metal. The shank is rectangular in section with an integrated ring at the top. The bottom of the shank is forked and between the forks is mounted a pair of swivelling, small, inverted arms, cast in one piece. At the bottom of this casting, at the crown of the anchor, is a ring. The arms proper also swivel on the shank forks, passing through them and the smaller arms. The large arms extend upwards, terminating in small arrow-shaped flukes. The large and small arms can be swivelled independently of one another. Along one side of the shank is painted in white "1890". The remains of a paper label can be found on one of the short edges of the shank, close to the fork.
CA: AAA.
caption: Anchor - similar to Hawkins 1822
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 models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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