Rijksmuseum

Object data

wood, brass, rope and textile

height 97 cm × length 112 cm × width 29 cm

Inscriptions

inscription, on the flag: Nº 1
inscription, on various parts, in pencil: Cornelis Over de Linden, Willemsoord, 1836-1837

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-677

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Rigged hollowed out wooden block model of a two-masted, flat-bottomed vessel, mounted on a stand.

Parts of the deck can be removed to reveal the interior which is completely panelled. It has a rounded bow and stern, the sternpost is sharply raked. The model is fitted with a broad rudder with afterpieces, a decorated rudder head and a wooden tiller. The sheer rises towards both ends, the model has one wale and leeboards. The model is fitted with two anchors, a windlass, four water barrels, a chimney for the galley, two oars, two pumps, two companionways and a main hatch. The model has a one-and-a-half gaff rig without sails, with bowsprit and an outrigger. A blue pilot flag flies from the mainmast.

This model was made by Cornelis over de Linden after a pilot vessel built by Teunis Planteijdt (1769-1849) in Egmond aan Zee from 1836 to 1837. This type of vessel, built specifically for the pilot service, was called a ‘rinkelaar’. Over de Linden was awarded a silver medal by the Rotterdam Yacht Club for this model in 1852.

Scale (according to Obreen)¹ 1:20.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 677; Catalogus Rijksmuseum Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1928, p. 91, fig. 64; G.M. de Vries, Pompen, paapen en kiellichten. De geschiedenis van het loodswezen op de Eems, The Hague 1977 (Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het Zeewezen, vol. 8), pp. 60 ff., figs. 3, 15

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Cornelis over de Linden, Model of a Pilot Vessel, Rijkswerf (Willemsoord), 1836 - 1837', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244492

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