Can anyone help id this anchor?

[hollytabor]

We found this anchor for sale while out and about today and are trying to figure out some sort of approximate value.

(Actually, truth be told I'm trying to stop my husband from buying it. Like we need an 8-10 ft tall anchor. )

Owner says it was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico and is early/mid 1800s.

 

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[MPH200]

It has an Admiralty Pattern, "A.P.", or simply "Admiralty" type anchor.

The basic design remained unchanged for centuries, with the most significant changes being to the overall proportions, and a move from stocks made of wood to iron stocks in the late 1830s and early 1840s


It has a stud link chain -

In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Lieutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain. In 1818 he and his cousin Samuel Lenox established a chainworks at Pontypridd. Their chains were made much stronger by the invention of the stud, patented in 1819 by Brown and Philip Thomas, foreman of the chain-shop. Brown Lenox made all the Royal Navy's anchor chains until 1916, as well as chain for great liners such as the Mauretania and Aquitania, and the launching chain for the Great Eastern shown in the famous photograph of I.K. Brunel. The last liner equipped with chain made at Pontypridd was the QE2; but this type of chain is still used by ships all over the world

 

[hollytabor]

It has an Admiralty Pattern, "A.P.", or simply "Admiralty" type anchor.

The basic design remained unchanged for centuries, with the most significant changes being to the overall proportions, and a move from stocks made of wood to iron stocks in the late 1830s and early 1840s


It has a stud link chain -

In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Lieutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain. In 1818 he and his cousin Samuel Lenox established a chainworks at Pontypridd. Their chains were made much stronger by the invention of the stud, patented in 1819 by Brown and Philip Thomas, foreman of the chain-shop. Brown Lenox made all the Royal Navy's anchor chains until 1916, as well as chain for great liners such as the Mauretania and Aquitania, and the launching chain for the Great Eastern shown in the famous photograph of I.K. Brunel. The last liner equipped with chain made at Pontypridd was the QE2; but this type of chain is still used by ships all over the world

Thank you!

I just found out that they want $27,000 for it.

Maybe it's worth it ... I have no idea. But I think we'll pass.

 

[aquanut]

Thank you!

I just found out that they want $27,000 for it.

Maybe it's worth it ... I have no idea. But I think we'll pass.

Good Move!

 

[Doubter in MD]

It doesn't look like you can live in it or drive it so I'd say it's good that you passed.

 

[huntsman53]

If your husband wants an old Anchor, then have him look on eBay! He can get one off of there at 10% or less than the price of the one in the pic.


Frank