Object data
wood, brass and rope
model: height 123 cm × width 78.5 cm × depth 41.5 cm
packaging capsule: height 128.5 cm × width 82.5 cm × depth 45 cm
anonymous
Model of a Stayed Mast
Netherlands, 1860 - 1865
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1170
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a stayed mast with topmast and flagpole, mounted on a base.
The round mast with square head is stayed with five shrouds to each side and double stays, and has crosstrees, trestletrees and a mast cap. The topmast is supported by the top-rope and a pawl on the foremost crosstree falling into a line of teeth in the foot of the topmast, the fid is missing. The topmast is stayed by three topmast shrouds and a backstay on either side. The hounds of the topmast have a brass mounting to which the shrouds are secured; a similar brass mounting is applied to the hounds of the flagpole for the topgallant backstays and stay. The top of the flagpole can be removed. The purpose of the brass mountings is that the spars can be lowered without removing the shrouds. There is a hole in the base for the topmast when lowered.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1170
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Stayed Mast, Netherlands, 1860 - 1865', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244984
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