Object data
wood, textile and rope
height 10.4 cm × width 27.1 cm × depth 14.1 cm
anonymous, anonymous
Model of a Bread Chest
Netherlands, France, 1797 - 1810
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the lid: Model / der / BROOD KIST / zie / GL RAPPORT bladz 41
- label, on the lid: 583 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-583
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a simple wooden chest, lined with fabric.
The cover can be taken off, and the sides can be folded down when the chest is empty. It has two rope handles at the short sides.
The report the inscription on the inside of the lid refers to has not been found. Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) mentions a model of a bread chest in the report of his journey through France in 1797.1
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 583
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous or anonymous, Model of a Bread Chest, 1797 - 1810', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244398
(accessed 21 September 2024 09:28:45).