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Rijkswerf Enkhuizen

Six Models of Buoys

Enkhuizen, 1869

Object data

wood and iron

(A): length 52 cm × diameter 17 cm
(B): length 43 cm × diameter 13 cm
(C): length 38 cm × diameter 12.5 cm
(D): length 30 cm × diameter 10 cm
(E): length 24 cm × diameter 8 cm
(F): length 18 cm × diameter 6 cm

Inscriptions

  • inscription: 1869 / N:I.
  • inscription: NII / 1873
  • inscription: NIII / 1873
  • inscription: N·IV. / 1873
  • inscription: NV / 1873
  • inscription: NVI / 1873
  • monogram, on each buoy: crossed anchors

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1349

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Six models of differently sized buoys (NG-MC-1349-A to NG-MC-1349-F).

All six models have conical bodies with pointed ends and are circular in cross section. They are made of staves with hoops like casks. They have an eyebolt at the top and one on a long point at the lower end for the buoy chain. All are marked with crossed anchors.

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Enkhuizen, Six Models of Buoys, Enkhuizen, 1869', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.645370

(accessed 20 September 2024 18:29:58).

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