Model of a Mast Cap

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1840

Model van een ezelshoofd van een hellende mast met vierkante top, met twee ogen onderop. Zwart geverfd.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-178
  • Dimensionsheight 3.5 cm x width 10.4 cm x depth 4.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Model of a Mast Cap

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-178

  • Description

    Model van een ezelshoofd van een hellende mast met vierkante top, met twee ogen onderop. Zwart geverfd.

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1840

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood, brass and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 3.5 cm x width 10.4 cm x depth 4.8 cm

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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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  • Model of a Mast Cap
  • Model of a Mast Cap

anonymous

Model of a Mast Cap

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1840

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-178

Entry

Construction model of a mast cap for a raking mast with a square head, painted black, with two eyes underneath.

According to Obreen this design dates from the end of the eighteenth century.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 178.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 178

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Mast Cap, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1840', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053519

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Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 178.