Object data
wood and brass
height 38.5 cm × width 29 cm × depth 29 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen
Model of a Double Capstan
Flushing, c. 1845 - c. 1850
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the upper deck: GANG-SPIL / voor / KORVETTEN / 1/10e der ware grootte.
- inscription, on the lower deck, on a piece of paper, in ink: Ingezonden in voldoening van de Resolutie van / den 31 January 1848 N 49 D by het rapport van heden N 35. / Vlissingen 28 January 1850. / De Hoofd Ingenieur der Marine / Tromp
- label, on the base: 206 former inventory label
Conservation
- Ab Hoving, March 2009: cleaned; retouched
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-206
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Construction model of a double capstan in a wooden frame representing two decks of a ship.
The upper barrel is for eight bars with four wooden ‘Brown’ whelps, the lower barrel is for twelve bars with five metal sheathed ‘Brown’ whelps. Both have four pawls in the heel, to prevent them from turning back. The square metal spindle of the lower barrel is extended into the hollow wooden spindle of the upper barrel. In order to achieve one large capstan, the two spindles can be connected with two iron pegs through the upper barrel. With the pegs removed the two barrels can be operated as separate capstans.1
Scale (on model) 1:10.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 206
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Model of a Double Capstan, Flushing, c. 1845 - c. 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.244018
(accessed 22 November 2024 14:12:37).