L1436

Anchor model Long Caption: Scale: Unknown. Model of a Trotman's anchor (1852), improved from Hall's design. Model is made entirely from brass and consists of a shank which is square in section through which is a single piece crescent-shaped arm which pivots on a large fidded bolt. The upward facing palms are flat and triangular in shape and include a flat flange drilled with a circular hole and mounted at a right angle at its widest end. Just above the arms is a pair of bow-shaped gravity shackles which swivel on a bolt. The stock is circular in section, tapering towards its ends and complete with a sphere at one end and a flattened button at the other which curves at a right angle parallel to the shank It is fidded with a metal pin on a small chain (missing) allowing it to be un-shipped and stowed flat aboard ship. At the top of the shank is a swivelling bow shackle held in place by a pin. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: SLR2075 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1852 Medium: brass Size: 250 mm x 121 mm x 213 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.