Object data
wood and paint
height 22.5 cm × width 66.3 cm × depth 9.5 cm
anonymous
Half Model of a Poon
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: POONTJE LANG 43 Vt
- label, bottom right: 462 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-462
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a flat-bottomed inland water craft, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.
The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder. The sheer rises towards both ends. One black-painted wale is indicated and it continues on the stem and sternpost. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.
Scale (derived) approx. 1:24.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 462; JAARVERSLAG VERENIGING NEDERLANDS HISTORISCH SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM 1971-1972, pp. 66-70
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Poon, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244275
(accessed 23 November 2024 13:39:13).