Object data
wood
height 6 cm × width 20.8 cm × depth 9.4 cm
Rijkswerf Willemsoord
Model of an Anchor Release Gear or Brown's Stopper
Den Helder, United Kingdom, c. 1854
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the base: Nº 2.
- label: 625 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-625
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of an anchor release gear mounted on a base.
The gear consists of a slide for the chain, of which one section can be lowered so that the horizontal chain links can not pass. This section can be lifted with a tumbler underneath the slide operated with a lever on the side, thus releasing the chain. This particular release was situated above the cable well, possibly made by a hole leading through to the deck.
Scale (according to Obreen)1 1:5.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 625; J.C. Pilaar, Handleiding tot de kennis van het tuig, de masten, zeilen, enz. van het schip, Amsterdam 1858 (3rd ed. rev. by G.P.J. Mossel), pp. 411-12; J.H. Harland, Seamanship in the Age of Sail, London 1984, p. 234, fig. F, pp. 240-41
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Willemsoord, Model of an Anchor Release Gear or Brown's Stopper, Den Helder, c. 1854', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053866
(accessed 12 December 2025 14:40:55).