Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

anonymous, c. 1796

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem. Eén geschutpoort in de boeg. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok over dek. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één berghout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-419
  • Dimensionsheight 20.2 cm x width 78.6 cm x depth 11 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-419

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmast platbodem. Eén geschutpoort in de boeg. Rond achterschip, breed roer met helmstok over dek. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één berghout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label: ‘1 / ADSISTENTIE. / GB: 1796.’
    • label, bottom right: ‘419’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1796

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 20.2 cm x width 78.6 cm x depth 11 cm

Explanatory note

  • Obreen beschreef dit model als een kanonneerboot, maar het stelt zonder twijfel de loodsboot Assistentie voor die in 1796-1797 door P. Glavimans Jz. op ’s Landswerf te Rotterdam is gebouwd.

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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 Pilot Vessel

Netherlands, c. 1796

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on an oval black label:1 / ADSISTENTIE. / GB: 1796.
  • label, bottom right:419 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-419

Entry

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

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated. The stern is round and fitted with a broad rudder with a hand tiller. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of one mast and the bowsprit are shown in a truncated form. Most of the bowsprit is now missing.

Obreen described this model as a gunboat in his catalogue,1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 419. but it most probably represents the pilot vessel Assistentie built by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) at the Rotterdam dockyard from 1796 to 1797.2NIMH SDOC Assistentie.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 419

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Pilot Vessel, Netherlands, c. 1796', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053725

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 20:49:37 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 419.
  • 2NIMH SDOC Assistentie.