Model of a Buoy

anonymous, c. 1840 - c. 1858

Blokmodel en waterlijnmodel van een boei of zeeton, dat laat zien hoe een drijvende ton eruit ziet.

  • Artwork typeinstruction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-837
  • Dimensionsheight 13 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 14.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Model of a Buoy

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-837

  • Description

    Blokmodel en waterlijnmodel van een boei of zeeton, dat laat zien hoe een drijvende ton eruit ziet.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, top: ‘837’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1840 - c. 1858

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood

  • Dimensions

    height 13 cm x width 22.5 cm x depth 14.7 cm

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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 Buoy

Netherlands, c. 1840 - c. 1858

Inscriptions

  • label, top:837 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-837

Entry

Wooden waterline block model of a buoy.

The model shows the way the buoy looks when floating in the water.1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 837.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 837

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Buoy, Netherlands, c. 1840 - c. 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053996

(accessed 7 augustus 2026 09:54:09 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 837.