Object data
wood, brass and rope
model: height 15.5 cm × width 113.5 cm × depth 50.5 cm
packaging capsule: height 22 cm × width 118.5 cm × depth 53.5 cm
anonymous
Model of a Careening Wharf
Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1870
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre: Oppervlakte der Werff
- inscription, bottom centre: Glooi Wal / off / [...] Bodem der Haven
Provenance
...; collection Mr J. Schouten, Dordrecht; purchased by the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1861;1 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1091
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden construction model of a careening wharf, showing its pile foundations.
The model is built in a trapezoidal box, of which the short front represents the harbour wall. In three trenches just behind the wall the pulley blocks for careening can be attached. At the rear seven capstans with bitts are erected.
The model was bought by the Department of the Navy, together with model numbers NG-MC-1087 and NG-MC-1090, from the collection of J. Schouten in Dordrecht in 1861. No other historical details about this model are known. The scale is in Amsterdam feet.
Scale (on model) 1:53.4.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1091
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Careening Wharf, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244906
(accessed 11 November 2024 00:15:38).