Half Model of a Dutch Smack

anonymous, 1780 - 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een eenmast platbodem. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten en heeft vier lange spuigaten; de reling loopt achter zeer hoog en vormt een driehoekig hennegat, gedecoreerd met een dolfijn. Rond achterschip, breed roer met grote krul als roerkop. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, barkhout doorlopend over voor- en achtersteven, en een kimgang.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-466
  • Dimensionsdepth 9.7 cm, height 26.2 cm x width 79.6 cm x thickness 1 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a Dutch Smack

Netherlands, 1780 - 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:466 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-466

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of a single-masted, flat-bottomed vessel, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard that has been painted blue.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, above the wale the side is planked and features four long scupper holes. It rises very high at the stern, meeting the planking of the other side and forming a triangular helm port which is decorated with the painting of a dolphin. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a large scrolled rudder head. The sheer rises towards both ends. One black-painted wale is indicated and it continues on the stem and sternpost. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of a single mast is shown in a truncated form.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 466; Jaarverslag Fries Scheepvaartmuseum en Oudheidkamer 1982

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Dutch Smack, Netherlands, 1780 - 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200315785

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