Object data
wood, brass and rope
model: height 68 cm × length 76 cm × width 32 cm
packaging capsule: height 72 cm × width 79 cm × depth 37 cm
anonymous
Model of a Three-Masted Ship
Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820
Conservation
- , 8 February 2022 - 31 March 2022
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-657-1
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Rigged wooden waterline model of a three-masted ship.
The hull is not planked and shows only the main timbers. It has four levels: lower deck, main deck, upper decks (quarterdeck and forecastle) and a poop, none of them are planked. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. But for the timbers, no details of the taffrail are provided, nor are the quarter galleries indicated. The sheer rises a little towards both ends. The model has two wales and a sheer rail.
The model mainly demonstrates the rigging on three masts without sails, in which the standing and running rigging are operational. Notable features are the main and mizzen channels, which are continuous, and the lateen yard to the mizzen.
Obreen mentions only one model no. 657,1 but two models have been found (see model NG-MC-657-2 for the other). According to Obreen this model demonstrates the rigging of 1780.
Scale unknown.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 657
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Three-Masted Ship, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244472
(accessed 19 April 2024 21:26:58).