Grappling hook

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1850

Vierarmige dreg met een ring aan de top van de schacht en een ketting; de armen hebben geen handen maar weerhaken.

  • Artwork typedredge
  • Object numberNG-MC-1019
  • Dimensionsheight 35 cm x width 36 cm x depth 34.5 cm, chain: length 180 cm
  • Physical characteristicsiron

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Grappling hook
    • Boarding Grapnel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1019

  • Description

    Vierarmige dreg met een ring aan de top van de schacht en een ketting; de armen hebben geen handen maar weerhaken.

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Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    iron

  • Dimensions

    • height 35 cm x width 36 cm x depth 34.5 cm
    • chain: length 180 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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anonymous

Boarding Grapnel

Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1850

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1019

Entry

Four-armed hand grapnel with a ring at the top of the shank and a chain. The arms have no flukes but barbed hooks instead.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1019

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Boarding Grapnel, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316036

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