Object data
wood and zinc
height 22.1 cm × width 33.7 cm × depth 33.4 cm
anonymous
Model of the Roofing for a Covered Slip
? Netherlands, 1822
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-17
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Detail model of the roofing of a covered slip.
The model shows the wooden construction of a covered slip and is partly roofed with zinc plates.
In 1822 it was decided by the Dutch Navy that all covered slips would be roofed with zinc.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 17; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 159, 161
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of the Roofing for a Covered Slip, Netherlands, 1822', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242742
(accessed 13 November 2024 04:17:33).