Object data
wood
model: height 40.5 cm × width 58 cm × depth 46.4 cm
packaging capsule: height 44.5 cm × width 67 cm × depth 49.5 cm
anonymous
Model of a Ship's Stern in Construction on a Shipyard
Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1825
Conservation
- Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2002: restored
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-94
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Construction model showing a stern in construction on a shipyard, mounted on a wooden base.
The model shows a frame model with ribbands resting on blocks. The model shows a round tuck with four filling transoms and eight vertical stern timbers, many of which are missing. The model has three station frames, all of them frame bends with missing short top timber pieces. The fashion frames are floating cant timbers. Four trusses and the sheer holding up the sternpost have been recovered. Two trusses and the sheer stand on flat oval sledges like girders. The base has ten bollards situated on the sides.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 94
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Ship's Stern in Construction on a Shipyard, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242819
(accessed 15 November 2024 04:19:52).