Model of a Crane, Table model that is operated with an ivory crank. The mechanism is under a small roof, the arm with the hoist protrudes. The mechanism is unstable. The hoist, whose blocks are missing, can run in two ways: from the winch over a disc through the hole in the groundboard and back to a hook, or over the same disc to a disc at the end of the arm and back to a hook ., anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1807, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), ivory, rope, h 18 cm × w 32 cm × d cm
Model of a Crane, Table model that is operated with an ivory crank. The mechanism is under a small roof, the arm with the hoist protrudes. The mechanism is unstable. The hoist, whose blocks are missing, can run in two ways: from the winch over a disc through the hole in the groundboard and back to a hook, or over the same disc to a disc at the end of the arm and back to a hook ., anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1807, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), iron (metal), ivory, rope, h 18 cm × w 32 cm × d cm
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