The attached is a photo of a HMS Bounty hold door from the Anatomy series book.
On initial examination of the door, It looked like the top section had a series of vertical iron bars fitted. A close-up reveals something not so straightforward, but I am at a loss to identify. Any ideas?
(The photo is on its side. Could not figure out how to rotate it.)
Pick your favorite. The lattice seems to have been more common in the late 18th century with iron bars coming along right after. The following are from pages 174 and 175 in Lavery's The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815
Allan
Is there any evidence that those bars are of iron? It seems odd that a wooden door would be fitted with iron bars, especially on a wooden ship. Is it more likely that those were wood turnings? That would be consistent with the alternative of wood lattices. Of course, the material doesn't make any difference in modeling the doors. Fair winds!
