Object data
wood and brass
model: height 14.3 cm × length 60.4 cm × width 15.2 cm
packaging capsule: height 17.5 cm × width 63 cm × depth 18 cm
anonymous
Model of a Three-Masted Ship
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-657-2
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden waterline model of a three-masted ship.
The hull is not planked and shows only the main timbers. It has four levels: lower deck, main deck, upper decks (quarterdeck and forecastle) and a poop, none of them are planked. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. But for the timbers, no details of the taffrail are provided, nor are the quarter galleries indicated. The sheer rises a little towards both ends. The model has two wales and a sheer rail. The model is not rigged.
A notable feature is that the main and mizzen channels, rigged with deadeyes and chainplates, are continuous.
Obreen mentions only one model no. 657,1 but two models have been found. Where this model comes from, is a mystery; it is almost an exact replica of model NG-MC-657-1, but without its rigging.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 657
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Three-Masted Ship, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244473
(accessed 23 November 2024 00:09:43).