Slip Hook for Lifeboats, Iron slip hook with ring for the lifeboat. The slip hook consists of two opposite hooks, rotating around the same axis, both hooks have an eye on the outside, which is attached to a ring at the top with a chain link. In the hooks is a heavy iron ring that must be attached to the lifeboat. The slip hook is designed so that when the weight of this heavy ring is taken, the hooks open automatically, pulled sideways by the chain links on the upper ring., Cologne, anonymous, United Kingdom, c. 1859, iron (metal), h 28.5 cm (hanging) × w 13 cm × d 12.6 cm ring: d 12.6 cm
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