anonymous

Half Model of a 3-Gun Schooner

? Rotterdam, c. 1800

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre, on a rectangular black label:BRUYNVIS 1800 KNORHAAN / SNOEK ROB / WESP HORZEL / KREKEL SPRINGHAAN / HAGEDIS TOR
  • label, bottom right:394 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2009: restored

Provenance

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-394

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a two-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked. A black rail on stanchions is fitted along the entire length of the ship. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The bow features a knee supporting the bowsprit and a black knighthead is positioned next to it. The stern has a round tuck, a hollow counter and a taffrail. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form.

According to Obreen ten 3-gun schooners1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 394. were built according to this model by Pieter Glavimans Jansz (1768-1850) in Rotterdam in 1800: Bruynvis, Knorhaan (sold out of the service in Nieuwediep in 1822), Snoek, Rob (sold for breaking up in 1814), Wesp, Horzel (sold for breaking up in 1814), Krekel (sold for breaking up in Antwerp in 1814), Springhaan, Hagedis and Tor. According to Vermeulen these were actually 7-gun schooners.2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 33.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 394; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 33

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a 3-Gun Schooner, Rotterdam, c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244207

(accessed 1 May 2025 04:09:27).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 394.
  • 2A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 33.