Object data
wood, brass and rope
(1): height 22.3 cm × width 50.5 cm × depth 25.5 cm
(2): height 22 cm × width 50.8 cm × depth 26 cm
Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), after Jochem Pietersz. Asmus
Two Models of a Lifesaving Cart for Shipwrecks
Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 1832
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-846
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Two identical models of two-wheeled carts for shipwreck rescue operations on the beach.
The wheels are placed in the middle and have seven double spokes on which scoops are mounted, which can move up and down. The wheels are driven by means of a gear train, mounted in a frame in the middle of the cart, working at a ratio of 8/45 in reverse; how this gear train was used exactly, is unclear. The bottom of the carts is very low and has two layers, the space between which is probably filled with a buoyant material such as cork. The upper sides have benches. The parts are joined in such a way that the entire cart can be disassembled quickly.
Although Obreen only mentions one model,1 two were found (NG-MC-846-1 and NG-MC-846-2). Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) probably designed these carts as an improvement of the life-saving apparatus of Sidney Smith (NG-MC-847-1 and NG-MC-847-2).
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 846; A.J. Hoving, Message in a Model: Stories from the Navy Model Room of the Rijksmuseum, Florence, OR 2013, pp. 174-7
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Rijkswerf Rotterdam, Two Models of a Lifesaving Cart for Shipwrecks, Rotterdam, 1832', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.663764
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