Equipment model; Anchor model; Half killick

Scale: Unknown. A model of a half killick from Mevagissey, Cornwall consisting of a slightly curved and rectangular wooden arm finishing with square and angled ends on which is set parallel to the arm, a flat oval shaped piece of slate, notched at top and bottom. Two rope strops enclosing the arm and the stone have replaced wooden rods and are lashed together at the top of the stone all the way up the shank to just below a large rope eye.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4817
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Half killick
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 48 mm x 40 mm x 10 mm