Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig

anonymous, c. 1826

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een driemaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten, negen geschilderde geschutpoorten op één dek. Voorschip uitgewerkt met galjoen en schegbeeld van een vergulde krul, een leeuwenmasker op de kraanbalk. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, hek met half rijkswapen, geen zijgalerij; roer met ronde roerkoning (Soetermeers versie). Zeeg naar voor en achter iets oplopend, één barkhout en één reehout. Gepiekt rondspant. Schaal 1:40 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-372-1
  • Dimensionsheight 30 cm x width 103.5 cm x depth 14.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig

? Flushing, c. 1826

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a blue roundel, painted:de KOERIER / BRIK van 18 ST.
  • inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink: measurements and armament
  • label, centre right:372 former inventory label
  • scale, bottom right: brass scale in inches

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-372-1

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a three-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard with a stand.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked and painted black. Nine gun ports are painted in red and green on the side of the ship, indicating one continuous deck, highlighted by a horizontal yellow band. At the forecastle and stern two raised bulwarks with square hances are indicated. The sheer rises slightly to both ends. One wale and one sheer rail are indicated. The bow features a detailed beakhead that ends in a gold-painted decorative scroll; the cathead has a lion’s head, also painted gold. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. The taffrail bears the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Below the stern a round-headed rudder of the Soetermeer-type is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of three masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

Although Obreen mentions only one model in his catalogue,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 372. two were found (see model NG-MC-372-2). Both models are remarkably different. A brig usually only has two masts, whereas this model has three. The 18-gun brig Koerier was built by Cornelis Soetermeer (1782-1842) in Flushing from 1835 to 1840 and broken up in 1858.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 25.

Scale (on model) 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 372; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 25

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of an 18-Gun Brig, Flushing, c. 1826', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053683

(accessed 11 January 2026 22:04:05).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 372.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 25.