Object data
iron
total: length 43 cm
anchor stock: width 42.4 cm
span 26.1 cm
Grofsmederij Leiden
Model of an Anchor
Leiden, 1845
Conservation
- Ab Hoving, February 2009: minor repairs; metal cleaned; revarnished
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-617
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a stocked chain anchor, consisting of a shank with a bent arm with flukes at the ends.
Iron anchor stock, secured with a wedge and with ball-shaped ends, of which one ball can be removed, which in turn enables the stock to be removed from the hole in the shank. The anchor ring has been replaced by a shackle, which is typical for chain anchors; the shank and arms are heavier than those used for common anchors.
According to Obreen this anchor was introduced to the Dutch Navy in 1845 and was to be used with both rope cables and chains.1
Scale (estimate) 1:5.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 617; 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, 1845', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244432
(accessed 23 November 2024 00:29:17).