Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

anonymous, c. 1840

Blokmodel (bakboord) van een tweemaster. Op de drie luiken en een dekopbouw. Elliptisch hek, gesloten. De zeeg is nagenoeg vlak. V-vormig onderwaterschip, zeer scherp weggeveegd naar achteren. Beide masten hellen achterover.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-470
  • Dimensionsheight 16.1 cm x width 62.5 cm x depth 7.1 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-470

  • Description

    Blokmodel (bakboord) van een tweemaster. Op de drie luiken en een dekopbouw. Elliptisch hek, gesloten. De zeeg is nagenoeg vlak. V-vormig onderwaterschip, zeer scherp weggeveegd naar achteren. Beide masten hellen achterover.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘470’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, United States of America

  • Dating

    c. 1840

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood

  • Dimensions

    height 16.1 cm x width 62.5 cm x depth 7.1 cm

Explanatory note

  • Dit model stelt een Noord-Amerikaans loodsvaartuig voor.

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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 Pilot Vessel

United States of America, c. 1840

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:470 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-470

Entry

Wooden half block model of the port side of a two-masted vessel, mounted on a framed, rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the vessel is closed, smooth and without details. On the closed deck are hatches and a deckhouse. The stern is elliptical and has a closed, flat transom. The sheer is virtually flat. The hull is V-shaped. The keel drops significantly towards the extremely sharp stern. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form. Both masts are raked considerably. The bowsprit is fitted to a knighthead.

According to Obreen, this model represents a North American pilot vessel.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 470.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 470

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Pilot Vessel, United States of America, c. 1840', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053765

(accessed 5 augustus 2026 10:20:37 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 470.