Model of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks, Two identical models of rescue equipment for rescue operations in the event of shipwreck on a beach, incomplete. Each of the devices consists of two two-wheeled water carts linked with beams, these carts are rotated ninety degrees around their axis, so that the drawbar points straight up. Low compatibles are built around the carts, completely filled with empty barrels, and equipped with seating and walkways at the top. A number of barrels is missing. The wheels have adjustable blades between the spokes. The parts of the carriages are connected in such a way that they can be dismantled quickly. [combined description], Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), 1832, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), rope, model: h 39 cm × w 53 cm × d 49.5 cm packaging capsule: h 44 cm × w 56.5 cm × d 54.5 cm
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