Half model of a one-gun schooner

anonymous, c. 1850

Gepolychromeerd beplankt mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een tweemaster. Het dek is gesloten. Scherpe voorsteven, kluisgat versierd met verguld lofwerk. Elliptisch hek, omringd door doorlopende reling met half rijkswapen, geen zijgalerij; roer met ronde roerkoning (Amerikaans roer) en afgerond roerblad. Zeeg nagenoeg vlak, één verzonken barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant, scherp onderwaterschip, hol gestapelde kiel. Beide masten hellen naar achteren. Schaal 1:40.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-399
  • Dimensionsheight 21.5 cm x width 77.8 cm x depth 10.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

anonymous

Half Model of a 1-Gun Schooner

? Flushing, c. 1850

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval brown label:SCHOONER / ATALANTE.
  • inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink:Voornaamste Afmetingen. / [followed by measurements]
  • scale, bottom left: brass scale in inches
  • label, centre right:399 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-399

Entry

Polychromed fully planked half bracket model of the starboard side of a two-masted ship, mounted on a backboard with a stand.

The side of the ship is fully planked over frame moulds and painted black. The deck is closed. The sheer is virtually flat and only rises at the bow. The sheer line is painted white. The wale cannot be distinguished from the planking. The clipper bow features a hawsehole that is decorated with gold-painted foliage. The bowsprit is almost vertical and rests on a knee. The stern is elliptical and bears the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Below the stern a round-headed rudder with a rounded blade is indicated. The hull is sharply S-bottomed and painted a metallic copper colour below the waterline. The keel is not straight but rises at both ends. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form. Both masts rake considerably.

The 1-gun schooner Atalante, 24 metres long, was built by P.A. Bruyn in Flushing in 1850.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 399. Atalante is not mentioned in the Navy records after 1866.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 31.

Scale (on model) 1:40.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 399; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 31

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 1-Gun Schooner, Flushing, c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200315771

(accessed 16 December 2025 15:16:13).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 399.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 31.