Object data
iron, wood, brass and cloth
height 28 cm × width 13.3 cm × depth 12.8 cm
anonymous
Model of a Grapnel
Netherlands, 1800 - 1850
Inscriptions
- label, on the door: 618 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-618
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a four-armed grapnel in a wooden showcase, lined with black cloth and ornamented with a brass ball on top. The grapnel has a ring at the top of the shank. The shank is reinforced at the crown. This grapnel was to be used on jolly boats and small crafts.1
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 618
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Grapnel, Netherlands, 1800 - 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244433
(accessed 23 November 2024 23:49:50).