Half model of a pilot schooner

Jan Smit, 1874 - 1875

Stapelmodel (stuurboord) van een schoener. Zeer scherpe klippersteven. Overhangend hek; geen roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren op, een reehout. V-vormig onderwaterschip. Geen tuig.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1275
  • Dimensionsheight 20.2 cm x width 78.1 cm x depth 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Half model of a pilot schooner
    • Half Model of a Pilot Schooner

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1275

  • Description

    Stapelmodel (stuurboord) van een schoener. Zeer scherpe klippersteven. Overhangend hek; geen roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren op, een reehout. V-vormig onderwaterschip. Geen tuig.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘1275’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: Jan Smit, Slikkerveer

  • Dating

    1874 - 1875

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 20.2 cm x width 78.1 cm x depth 8 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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Jan Smit

Half Model of a Pilot Schooner

Slikkerveer, 1874 - 1875

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:1275 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1275

Entry

Wooden ‘bread-and-butter’ style half block model of the starboard side of a schooner, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard with decorative corners, painted black.

The model features a very sharp clipper bow and a counter stern, but does not have a rudder. The sheer rises forward. One sheer rail is indicated. The hull is V-shaped and left unpainted below the waterline, exposing the ‘bread-and-butter style planking. The keel drops towards the stern.

The name of the builder and the building date are from the inventory list.1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, nos. 1274-1275.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, nos. 1274-1275

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Jan Smit, Half Model of a Pilot Schooner, Slikkerveer, 1874 - 1875', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316135

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 11:53:44 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, nos. 1274-1275.