Object data
iron, zinc and wood
model: height 52 cm × width 40 cm × depth 38.7 cm
packaging capsule: height 55 cm × width 43.5 cm × depth 44 cm
Enthoven & Co. (attributed to)
Model of a Light Beacon
The Hague, The Hague, c. 1866
Conservation
- Ab Hoving, June 2010: new solder; retouched paintwork
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1194
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a light beacon with light, mounted on a base.
The model consists of a metal framework on four feet. The stairs have a landing halfway and run up to the top floor through a trapdoor. On the top floor a small cabin with trapezoidal floorplan is erected. In each of the diagonal sides a door is indicated, and in the short side a small window with a hexagonal table outside for a lamp.
The identification of this model is based on probability. In 1866, Enthoven & Co presented a model of a light beacon with a light to the Navy Model Room:1 this might be the model referred to here. The original inventory describes it as a proposal:2 it is unknown whether it was ever executed at full scale.
Scale (derived) 1:20.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1194
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'attributed to Enthoven & Co., Model of a Light Beacon, The Hague, c. 1866', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245007
(accessed 10 November 2024 06:17:01).