Component model; Sectional model; Frame model

Scale: Unknown. Model showing a plan for making ships' floors from straight timber. The model has been made from two pieces of wood almost identical in shape, and secured together with a scarph joint in the centre and fixed with six brass pins. The model has been made from mahogany and varnished, and on the edge face of one piece of timber the number "44" has been hand painted using white paint. On one side of both pieces of timber "B5" has been stamped into the wood.

Object Details

ID: SLR2282
Collection: Ship models
Type: Component model; Sectional model; Frame model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1800-1900; 19th century Unknown
People: South Kensington Museum; Blake, Mr
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 95 mm x 475 mm x 35 mm