Model of the Duiveneiland lighthouse on Java

Gieterij Prins van Oranje (possibly), 1870

The eight-sided Duiveneiland lighthouse, on the south-west point of Java, comprises five storeys. The entrance is on the first storey. Three sides of the model have been left open to display the interior and stairs. A bell hangs on one side. The lighthouse was built in the Netherlands between 1870 and 1872, then dismantled and shipped to Indonesia where it was reassembled.

  • Artwork typescale model, presentation model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1280
  • Dimensionsheight 81 cm x width 47 cm x depth 47 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbrass, wood and glass

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Model of a Lighthouse
    • Model of the Duiveneiland lighthouse on Java

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1280

  • Description

    Messing model van de vuurtoren van Duiveneiland, op houten grondplank. Het is een achtkantige vuurtoren van vijf verdiepingen, de kuip meegeteld; de eerste verdieping is bovengronds gelegen en bereikbaar via een trap. De vuurtoren is gesloten vanaf de eerste verdieping, elke verdieping (behalve de kuip) heeft vier ramen. Drie kanten van het model zijn opengelaten om het interieur met ingedeelde ruimtes en trappen te laten zien. De constructie is een metalen raamwerk met platen bedekt, de vloeren en binnenwanden van hout. Aan een kant is een bel aangebracht. De kuip heeft een koepelvormig dak met windvaan.

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: Gieterij Prins van Oranje (possibly), The Hague (possibly)

  • Dating

    1870

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    brass, wood and glass

  • Dimensions

    height 81 cm x width 47 cm x depth 47 cm

Explanatory note

  • De vuurtoren van Duiveneiland op de zuidwestpunt van Java werd in 1870-1872 gebouwd door de firma Prins van Oranje, uit profiel- en plaatijzer.

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  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1870 - 1872

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

Documentation

    • Encyclopedie Nederlands Indië, 1918, dl. 2, p. 495.
    • W. Steffens, Kort overzicht uit de geschiedenis der kustverlichting in Nederlands-Indië, december 1926 (Marinebibliotheek, Den Haag).

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Gieterij Prins van Oranje (possibly)

Model of a Lighthouse

? The Hague, 1870

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2000: restored

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1280

Entry

Brass model of the lighthouse of Duiveneiland, mounted on a wooden base.

Octagonal five-storey building including the top, the first storey raised above the ground and accessible via a flight of stairs. The lighthouse is closed from the first storey upwards, each storey except for the top one has four windows; but three sides of the model have been left open to expose the interior with its rooms and stairs. The construction is a framework covered with metal plates, the inner walls and floors are made of wood. To one side a bell is indicated. The top has a dome-shaped roof with a weathervane shaped as an arrow.

The lighthouse of Duiveneiland, situated on the southwest corner of Java, was built by the company Prins van Oranje from 1870 to 1872, using profile and sheet iron.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1280; Encyclopedie Nederlands Indië, s.l. 1918, vol. 2, p. 495; W. Steffens, Kort overzicht uit de geschiedenis der bebakening van vaarwaters, reeden, enz. in den O.I. archipel, s.l. 1926; L. Crommelin and H. van Suchtelen, Nederlandse vuurtorens. Bouw en organisatie, Nieuwkoop 1978, pp. 45-46

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Gieterij Prins van Oranje, Model of a Lighthouse, The Hague, 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200316137

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