Brassware

Photographs © George Pennington 2005

1. The port hole is the one from the forward end of the galley. I initially scraped and chipped the layers of paint off it and tried to clean it up with Emery paper but it only brought a small amount of tarnish off. A brass brush in my power drill was the best option as you can see.
2. The lock has been taken apart, clean and reassembled. I have made a new key for it from a blank that I had spare. the latch though requires a spring to make it function. This was on a piece of the old door from an unmentionable area.
3. The plate was found on a piece of the door frame. Again it was heavily tarnished but has come up a treat.