Model of a Mortar

anonymous, 1780 - 1850

Houten model van een mortier, over de lengte in het vlak der tappen in twee helften gesneden. Het heeft een kleine kamer in de bodem. Het kaliber is 163 mm.

  • Artwork typeinstruction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-760
  • Dimensionsheight 24.4 cm x width 38.7 cm x depth 34 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Model of a Mortar

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-760

  • Description

    Houten model van een mortier, over de lengte in het vlak der tappen in twee helften gesneden. Het heeft een kleine kamer in de bodem. Het kaliber is 163 mm.

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    1780 - 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood

  • Dimensions

    height 24.4 cm x width 38.7 cm x depth 34 cm

Explanatory note

  • Het doel van dit model blijft een raadsel; het kaliber komt met geen bestaand kaliber overeen.

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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

Model of a Mortar

? Netherlands, 1780 - 1850

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-760

Entry

Wooden model of a mortar, bisected over its entire length through the trunnions.

It has a small chamber. The calibre is 163 mm.

The purpose of this model is a mystery: it is probably a casting mould. However, the calibre does not agree with any of the known calibres.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 760

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Mortar, Netherlands, 1780 - 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053946

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