Model of a Crane, Table model that is operated with an ivory crank. The mechanism is under a small roof, the arm with the hoist protrudes. The mechanism is unstable. The hoist, whose blocks are missing, can run in two ways: from the winch over a disc through the hole in the groundboard and back to a hook, or over the same disc to a disc at the end of the arm and back to a hook ., anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1807, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), ivory, rope, h 18 cm × w 32 cm × d 8.2 cm
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Model, Crane, Table model, operated, ivory crank, mechanism, under, small roof, arm, hoist protrudes, unstable, hoist, blocks, missing, run, two ways, winch, disc, hole, groundboard, back, hook, c, 1750, 1807, wood, plant material, brass, alloy, iron, metal, ivory, rope
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