Model of an Ironclad Monitor, Polychromed and witnessed block model of a monitor, the floorboard missing. The model has a vertical bow that rises above the deck, a sharp cruiser fence, rudder with rounded blade, steering wheel on the campaign deck, two four-leaf screws. On the main deck there are two triangular deck superstructures at the rear and two very narrow ones at the front, which allow a maximum field of fire for the two pieces in the revolving dome and are connected to walkways, the railing can be lowered onto the deck for shooting. The chimney stands on the first deck house just behind the dome, part of the railing there has cage entrenchment. The model has four sloops in davits. The sheer is completely flat, the hull is a flat bottom. The rig has been reduced to two masts., Laird Brothers (mentioned on object), Birkenhead (Merseyside), 1868, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, textile materials, h 45 cm × l 117.5 cm × w 28 cm
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