Model of Two Different Designs for the Gun Position on the Bow, Sketchy block model and waterline model of a fore ship with bomb gun on a rotating slide, incomplete. It has a skeg, the bowsprit and crane beams are missing, and a roasting spindle is fitted on the back. The cannon with a rotating slide turns on brass turning circles inserted into the deck: a large circle in the middle, and small turning circles on either side of the bow. Blurred scratches and nails in the deck indicate other possible rail positions. The vault holes are indicated with black paint. They are located below deck and the anchor chains or trusses must be guided by sleeves to the roasting spindle on the upper deck, a black rectangle on the upper deck probably indicates the position where the tube will be placed on the upper deck., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1840 - c. 1850, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), h 12.8 cm × w 47.5 cm × d 23.1 cm
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Model, Two Different Designs, Gun Position, Bow, Sketchy block model, waterline model, fore ship, bomb gun, rotating slide, incomplete, skeg, bowsprit, crane beams, missing, roasting spindle, fitted, back, cannon, rotating slide turns, brass turning circles inserted, deck, large circle, middle, small turning circles, side, bow, Blurred scratches, nails, deck indicate, possible rail positions, vault holes, indicated, black paint, located, anchor chains, trusses must, guided, sleeves, upper deck, black rectangle, indicates, position, tube will, placed, Netherlands, c, 1840, 1850, wood, plant material, brass, alloy
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