Equipment model; Anchor model

Scale: Unknown. A model of a common anchor made entirely in iron, depicted without its stock. The surface of the iron is rough and patinated a dark greyish brown. The shank is round in section terminating in a square-sectioned length at the top. On two opposites sides of this square section there are two ledges for accommodating the stock (one partly broken off) and at the top of the shank there is a hole to accommodate the ring. The crown is pointed and the arms and flukes are conventionally shaped.

Object Details

ID: SLR1996
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: Unknown
People: South Kensington Museum
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 163 x 90 x 22 mm
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