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J.P.H. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt

Model of a Lifeboat Release

? Netherlands, 1879

Object data

wood and iron

height 33 cm × width 50 cm × depth 24.5 cm

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the base: Aangeboden door den Kapitein Luit. / Jhr J.H.P. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, / bij missive van dd 16 April 1879. / annex: een ijzeren rekje / twee id. haakjes / twee id. kettings met ringen.

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889

Object number: NG-MC-1889-81

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Model of a lifeboat release, mounted on a wooden base. The two catches for the tackle of the davits are released by means of a handle, and then open automatically under the weight of the lifeboat.

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'J.P.H. von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, Model of a Lifeboat Release, Netherlands, 1879', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245319

(accessed 4 January 2025 00:55:28).

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