Jon Phillips
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Experts on here: Capstan's bar??
Hey all!
I know a lot of you guys are great at identifying shipwreck pieces on here, and was wondering if you could take a look at this, and give your opinion...
I have had some time off, and have been taking some pics of some items that were bought back in the mid 80's at an estate auction of a guy that was basically like Indiana Jones...The things that were no-sales could outfit a museum!!
Anyway...I was a kid, and managed to buy my first 1715 8 reale from the auction...and this item listed in the catalog as "Atocha capstan's bar"
I know that a lot of capstans were wooden hubs, with holes that the wooden handles were inserted in to turn them, but could this have been a smaller mechanism that had bronze handles that were permanently driven in?
Or is it part of something else, or just a ship's spike? It is on the long side, and round with a head, and a chisel end...
It is encrusted...and the little "wings" on it were described as parts of the ship's wood, but I don't know about that, or if it is just more coral....
Thanks for taking a look!!
Not the greatest pictures...but it was dark outside when I took them, so I did it in the house!
Hey all!
I know a lot of you guys are great at identifying shipwreck pieces on here, and was wondering if you could take a look at this, and give your opinion...
I have had some time off, and have been taking some pics of some items that were bought back in the mid 80's at an estate auction of a guy that was basically like Indiana Jones...The things that were no-sales could outfit a museum!!
Anyway...I was a kid, and managed to buy my first 1715 8 reale from the auction...and this item listed in the catalog as "Atocha capstan's bar"
I know that a lot of capstans were wooden hubs, with holes that the wooden handles were inserted in to turn them, but could this have been a smaller mechanism that had bronze handles that were permanently driven in?
Or is it part of something else, or just a ship's spike? It is on the long side, and round with a head, and a chisel end...
It is encrusted...and the little "wings" on it were described as parts of the ship's wood, but I don't know about that, or if it is just more coral....
Thanks for taking a look!!
Not the greatest pictures...but it was dark outside when I took them, so I did it in the house!
