Object data
brass
height 4 cm × width 15 cm × depth 4.7 cm
anonymous
Model of a Chain Stopper
? Netherlands, 1840 - 1850
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-630
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a chain stopper consisting of a claw stopper with release. It has two parallel claws, connected to one another with a shackle at the straight end and with a bolt near the crank. On this bolt a lever arm can be swung to eject the chain from the claws.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 630
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Chain Stopper, Netherlands, 1840 - 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244445
(accessed 22 November 2024 23:56:09).