Object data
wood and brass
height 33.9 cm × width 32.9 cm × depth 2.6 cm
anonymous
Model of a Portable Optical Telegraph
? Netherlands, 1840 - 1860
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-955
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a portable telegraph, incomplete.
The model consists of a triangular wooden frame with at the top a horizontal arm and a hook for suspension. All the horizontal beams have hooks to which signs can be attached. The signs are missing. The frame can be folded down completely.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 955
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Portable Optical Telegraph, Netherlands, 1840 - 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054030
(accessed 13 December 2025 18:13:12).