Mooring Swivel

anonymous, 1860 - 1870

Wartel voor kettingen, met twee harpsluitingen aan ieder eind. De bouten van de harpen zijn ovaal in doorsnede en opgesloten met houten splitpennen.

  • Artwork typeswivel
  • Object numberNG-MC-1157
  • Dimensionswidth 28 cm x depth 8 cm x height 17 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron and wood

anonymous

Mooring Swivel

? Netherlands, 1860 - 1870

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1157

Entry

Swivel for mooring chains, with two harp shackles at either end. The shackles have bolts of oval section, their forelocks are wooden pegs.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1157

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Mooring Swivel, Netherlands, 1860 - 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054144

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