Caltrop

anonymous, 1700 - 1858

Een voetangel, oud en gecorrodeerd. Bestaand uit vier gepunte armen, geplaatst in een viervlak.

  • Artwork typecaltrop
  • Object numberNG-MC-744-2
  • Dimensionsheight 12 cm x width 12 cm x depth 12 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron

anonymous

Caltrop

Netherlands, 1700 - 1858

Provenance

…; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. H no. 24. Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-744-2

Entry

This caltrop consists of four points placed in a tetrahedron.

In his catalogue Obreen mentions only one caltrop,3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 744. but two were found (see NG-MC-744-1). Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) mentions a caltrop in his private collection in 1807.4HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. H no. 24.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 744

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Caltrop, Netherlands, 1700 - 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20020474

(accessed 5 December 2025 16:49:48).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. H no. 24.
  • 2After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy.
  • 3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 744.
  • 4HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. H no. 24.