Model of a Windlass, Model of a roasting spindle on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks that form the roasting spindle with two servants each, only has starboard holes for wind trees: two continuous and four shallow holes. The roasting spindle can also be operated with a single wind tree on the starboard side, which engages a sprocket with a pawl. In the middle there is a strut with two wooden catches, which engage in the gear part of the drum to prevent it from rolling back. The cheeks or roasting spindle can each be taken apart in two halves. There is a rectangular hole in the floorboard for an unknown purpose. Scale 1:10 (estimate)., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1850, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), model: h 20 cm × w 56.5 cm × d 26.1 cm packaging capsule: h 25.2 cm × w 60.6 cm × d 29.6 cm
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