Equipment model; Lobster pot

Scale: Unknown. A professionally made model of a hooped-cane lobster pot originally with two natural stone pebbles, one now missing, lashed in as weights. The rectangular wooden base bears an artfully falsified 'LONDON' inscription to suggest that its is made of pieces of old packing crate, represented in miniature. The cane hoops, which are held by metal pins, are covered with a cord netting.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4130
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Lobster pot
Display location: Not on display
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Early to mid 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Chatham storage measurement: 120 mm x 220 mm x 140 mm