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Accommodation model; Lifesaving model; breeches buoy model
Scale: About 1:12. A model of a breeches buoy (circa 1820-40) made in wood and organic materials and painted in realistic colours. The model depict a spherical buoy for transferring people from ship to shore that completely encloses the occupant. The model is constructed in frame made of metal with a canvas or leather skin applied to the lower portion and secured with tacks around the perimeter of the buoy providing a waterproof bottom. It is complete with a figure of a gentleman, with detailed features and dressed in a black top hat, cravat and a worsted wool coat with a double row of buttons. The metal frame is supplemented with a hoop of wood around the upper portion of the buoy, at the top of which is fitted a metal sheave block. The model is equipped with several items of equipment that are fired from a rocket launcher to secure a line to shore.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR1765 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Accommodation model; Lifesaving model; breeches buoy model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1820; mid-19th century ? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 365 x 395 x 343 mm |
| Parts: |
Accommodation model; Lifesaving model; breeches buoy model
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