NavList:

Henry Halboth gave a nice answer, although there was a bit of
uncertainty in it, that like Red's reply seems to justify the anchor
being a model or sample.   I'm wondering, though, about the size of the
shackles.  They seem not to be to proper scale if the anchor is truly a
model, but rather to be ordinary shackles of a proper size to fit the
model.  If scaled up to a real anchor's size, they would be enormous!

Would that have been appropriate for a promotional/patent model?

Does the Sachsen (German for Saxony) inscription on the shank help?

I tried some Google research relying on my very rusty German and
Google's not-too-good translation capability but came up empty handed.
There is/was a Anker-Werke (Anchor-Works, as in the British term for
factory) in Bielefeld, Saxony -- but they make (or made) sewing machines!

I also tried Ankerwerk (one word, no "e" at the end) but came up only
with horological references.  My best guess is that the latter term
means "anchor part."   Apparently Saxony had a fair amount of clock and
watch makers that made 17 jewel baseplates or "anchor parts"

Lu Abel

Red wrote:
> Lu, I wonder if it could be either a promotional model, a salesman's sample, or
> a patent model. Sometimes scale models were made (of many products) to submit
> with a patent application, or for salesmen to carry around with them instead of
> large bulky objects--which anchors certainly could be.<G>

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