Brass scale model of a W. H. Porter & Co patent anchor, circa 1850.

Height: 20.5 cm.

For a similar scale model of a Porter’s Paten anchor see the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, object ID: SLR1910

Literature:

PORTER’S PATENT ANCHOR. 1845

Observations and Reports are most respectfully summited to the

LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY and OFFICERS of HER MAJESTY’S NAVY,

THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY,

THE HONOURABLE TRINITY CORPORATION,

THE UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD’S

and

SHIP OWNERS of THE UNITED KINGDOM

Porter & Co, Dunston Iron Works, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 149 Cheapside London.