Object data
iron
length 27.8 cm × diameter 12.8 cm
Grofsmederij Leiden
Model of an Anchor
Leiden, c. 1860 - c. 1863
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1066
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a mushroom anchor.
The shank has a shackle at one end. The arms have been replaced by a spherical section, which is weighted in the middle and has an eye on its exterior.
These anchors were used for bell buoys.
Scale (estimate) 1:10.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1066; A.J. Hoving, Message in a Model: Stories from the Navy Model Room of the Rijksmuseum, Florence, OR 2013, pp. 200-03
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Grofsmederij Leiden, Model of an Anchor, Leiden, c. 1860 - c. 1863', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054089
(accessed 10 December 2025 16:00:06).