Object data
bronze and iron
height 28 cm × diameter 25 cm
G.H. van Hengel & Zoon
Ship Bell
Rotterdam, c. 1854
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the bell: LW
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-845
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Bronze ship bell with iron clapper and suspension axle.
Bells of this type were designed for pilot vessels, and the inscription ‘LW’ on the bell refers to the pilot service (‘Loodswezen’). By Royal decree number 54 of 12 June 1858, all sailing ships were ordered to carry such a bell, to be sounded when sailing in fog on a starboard tack.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 845
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'G.H. van Hengel & Zoon, Ship Bell, Rotterdam, c. 1854', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244659
(accessed 26 November 2024 11:55:18).