Equipment model; Anchor model; Sectional model

Scale: Unknown. Model of an anchor arm with fluke (1853) showing the palm on Mr Blake's plan. The model is made entirely from wood and consists of a rectangular section of arm with half of a palm and only part of the other side cut away into a short barb. There is paper label on one side of the palm which reads "Palm on Mr Blake's Plan" and on the other side in black ink "Palm on Lt. Rodgers Plan". On the arm it reads, "Received 18th July 1853 from Mr Edge's Room(?)"

Object Details

ID: SLR2585
Collection: Ship models
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Sectional model
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1853; Unknown
People: South Kensington Museum; Blake Blake Rodger, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall model: 170 mm x 58 mm x 90 mm