Object data
brass, glass and cast iron
total: height 7.9 cm × diameter 23.3 cm × weight 5.1 kg
anonymous
Deck Light
United Kingdom, c. 1821
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the inside of the glass: PATENT
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-232
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Round deck light with loose grille that can replace the glass. The brass flange is designed to be screwed on to the deck with six screws, the glass can be inserted from below with the frosted convex side up, and fixed with a bayonet catch with six notches. The flange has two handles. The cast iron grille is flat with six spokes.
In 1821, deck lights of this type were used by the British Navy on sloops of war, brigs and paddle steamers. They could be adapted to take windsails in the tropics.1
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 232
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Deck Light, United Kingdom, c. 1821', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244044
(accessed 2 June 2024 03:03:02).