Equipment model; Anchor model

Scale: Unknown. Model of a Baldt's patent anchor . Made entirely in brass which has been plated, a bright chrome finish. The shank is square in section and on one face there is an inscription, "Baldt Patent" and on the opposite face "G. Hartshorne & Co Dudley". At the top of the shank there is a D-ring that pivots on a screw bolt. The shank pivots on the crown through an arc of approximately 80 degrees. The arms are flat bottomed and rectangular and the flukes terminate in a pair of tall flat palms.

Object Details

ID: SLR1955
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: G. Hartshorne & Co.
Date made: before 1939
People: Wilfred Bayliss: Amalgamated Chains & Anchors Ltd (Bayliss Collection); G. Hartshorne & Co.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall model: 148 x 98 x 48 mm