Object data
wood, wicker, cork, zinc, iron, textile, leather, rope and straw
height 70 cm × width 240 cm × depth 112 cm
oars: length 170 cm
height 80 cm × width 225 cm × depth 84.5 cm
H.W. Burman
Life Boat
Flemington (Australia), 1870 - 1885
Inscriptions
- inscription, underneath the seat, on a wooden box: H.W. BURMAN PITT. ST. / Inventor, / & / Maker / Fish, Life / Buoy. / FLEMINGTON
Conservation
- Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2000: restored
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-23
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
One-person life boat with oars and rigging.
The hull is made of wickerwork filled with cork, surrounding a zinc trough with wooden edges and a wooden seat. Underneath the seat is a wooden box with the inscription. The hull has a truncated bow and a square tuck, a rudder with a tiller attached to the sternpost. The hull is built on a wooden keel, which has a hinged drop keel made of iron and sailcloth; the keel also has a notch, probably for the release mechanism. On both sides is a sausage-shaped float of sailcloth filled with cork. Two oars hang from rowlocks, which can be folded back. A mast step and mast hole indicate the boat originally had a sailing rig. The woodwork of the boat is decorated with polychrome ornaments.
H.W. Burman called this boat a ‘Fish Life Buoy’.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'H.W. Burman, Life Boat, Flemington (Australia), 1870 - 1885', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245259
(accessed 23 November 2024 10:25:48).