Life Boat, Single lifeboat with rowing and sailing power, incomplete. The hull consists of basketwork filled with cork, braided around a zinc bowl with wooden edges and wooden bench. Under the bench a box with inscription. The hull has a truncated pointed bow and a rudder mirror with tiller on the stern. It is built on a wooden keel, to which a hinged fin keel of iron and tarpaulin is attached, the keel has a notch before, probably for a fall mechanism. On both sides of the hull a sausage-shaped float made of canvas filled with crutch. There are two oars that are hung on foldable oars. A mast track and mast sleeve in the cockpit indicate that the vessel originally also had a sail rig. The woodwork is decorated with polychromed ornaments. Burman called this invention a 'Fish Life Buoy.', H.W. Burman (mentioned on object), Flemington (Australia), 1870 - 1885, wood (plant material), cork, zinc, iron (metal), textile materials, leather, rope, h 70 cm × w 240 cm × d 112 cm oars: l 170 cm h 80 cm × w 225 cm × d 84.5 cm.
Life Boat, Single lifeboat with rowing and sailing power, incomplete. The hull consists of basketwork filled with cork, braided around a zinc bowl with wooden edges and wooden bench. Under the bench a box with inscription. The hull has a truncated pointed bow and a rudder mirror with tiller on the stern. It is built on a wooden keel, to which a hinged fin keel of iron and tarpaulin is attached, the keel has a notch before, probably for a fall mechanism. On both sides of the hull a sausage-shaped float made of canvas filled with crutch. There are two oars that are hung on foldable oars. A mast track and mast sleeve in the cockpit indicate that the vessel originally also had a sail rig. The woodwork is decorated with polychromed ornaments. Burman called this invention a 'Fish Life Buoy.', H.W. Burman (mentioned on object), Flemington (Australia), 1870 - 1885, wood (plant material), cork, zinc, iron (metal), textile materials, leather, rope, h 70 cm × w 240 cm × d 112 cm oars: l 170 cm h 80 cm × w 225 cm × d 84.5 cm