Signalling Lantern

Châtel Jeune (mentioned on object), 1875

  • Artwork typelantern
  • Object numberNG-MC-1263
  • Dimensionsheight 80 cm x diameter 28 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbrass, glass and putty

Châtel Jeune

Signalling Lantern

Paris, 1875

Inscriptions

  • inscription, at the base:CHÂTEL JEUNE / INGÉNIEUR CONSTRUCTEUR / BREVETÉ S.G.D.G. / PARIS

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1263

Entry

Brass signalling lantern with Fresnel lens.

Inside it has a candleholder with a spring to ensure constant height of the flame, and at the back a parabolic mirror. The bottom of the candleholder rests in the closed cylindrical lower part of the lantern, and can be raised by applying air or steam pressure; the flame is then removed from the focus of the lens and the mirror.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1263

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Châtel Jeune, Signalling Lantern, Paris, 1875', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054207

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