Half Model of a Working Craft

anonymous, 1780 - 1820

Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het dek is gesloten met een lang rechthoekig dekhuis in het midden. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok aan dek. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, één barkhout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-467
  • Dimensionsheight 22.5 cm x width 81.1 cm x depth 8.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Working Craft

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-467

  • Description

    Mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een platbodem eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten. Het dek is gesloten met een lang rechthoekig dekhuis in het midden. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok aan dek. De zeeg loopt naar beide uiteinden op, één barkhout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • label, bottom right: ‘467’ former inventory label
    • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label: ‘WATERMAN.’

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1780 - 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood, brass and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 22.5 cm x width 81.1 cm x depth 8.9 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

Half Model of a Working Craft

Netherlands, 1780 - 1820

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:WATERMAN.
  • label, bottom right:467 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-467

Entry

Bracket wooden half model of the starboard side of a single-masted, flat-bottomed vessel, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds, above the wale the side is planked. The deck is closed and has a long rectangular deckhouse in the middle with a raised companionway aft. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a hand tiller. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of a single mast and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

In his catalogue Obreen refers to this model as that of a working craft.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 467.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 467

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Working Craft, 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/20053762

(accessed 3 augustus 2026 23:37:14 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 467.