Model of a Jury Rudder

...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;¹¹HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F no. 33. Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;²²After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy. transferred to the museum, 1883

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-227

Wooden construction model of part of a keel, the sternpost and a jury rudder.

The central spindle is composed of four parts, held together by the pintles and by wooden pegs. For this the pintle straps are joined at the back. The hooks of the pintles are loose and inserted through holes in the pintles. The back piece is incomplete.

Obreen describes this model as a Spanish design.³³J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 227. This model, or model number 226 (now lost), was part of the private collection of Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) in 1807.⁴⁴HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F no. 33.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 227

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Jury Rudder, Netherlands, 1700 - 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.244039