Equipment model; Anchor model
Scale: Unknown. A patent model of a Griffin's triton anchor, sanctioned in 1906. The model is made entirely in brass and either gold plated or lacquered. The shank is rectangular in section, at the top of which is a D-ring that pivots on a concealed rivet. Along the two short edges of the shank is inscribed: 'W Griffin Cradle Heath'. The crown is concave and has a rectangular aperture through which the bottom of the shank can be seen. On both sides of the crown is inscribed: 'Triton'. The arms are concave underneath in the same plane as the crown and a pair of tall flukes with pointed palms rise vertically from the upper faces. The arms pivot through an arc of about eighty degrees.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR1967 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Equipment model; Anchor model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Griffin, W; Unknown |
Date made: | 1906 |
People: | Wilfred Bayliss: Amalgamated Chains & Anchors Ltd (Bayliss Collection); Griffin, W. |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
Measurements: | Overall model: 38 x 135 x 65 mm |
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