Model of a Careening Wharf

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1870

Model van een kielkade, dat de heifundering laat zien. Het is gebouwd in een trapezevormige kist, waarvan de korte voorzijde de havenwal voorstelt. In drie greppels net achter de wal kunnen de blokken voor het kielen bevestigd worden. Geheel achter zijn zeven kaapstanders met betings opgericht. Schaal 1:53,4 (schaal op model).

  • Artwork typeinstruction model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1091
  • Dimensionspackaging capsule: height 22 cm x width 118.5 cm x depth 53.5 cm, model: height 15.5 cm x width 113.5 cm x depth 50.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and rope

anonymous

Model of a Careening Wharf

Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1870

Inscriptions

  • inscription, top centre:Oppervlakte der Werff
  • inscription, bottom centre:Glooi Wal / off / [...] Bodem der Haven

Provenance

…; collection Mr J. Schouten, Dordrecht; purchased by the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1861;1A. Lemmers (ed.), Maritime Technology from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Multimedia Catalogue of the Dutch Navy Model Collection 1698-1889, coll. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1995, no. MC-1091. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1091

Entry

Wooden construction model of a careening wharf, showing its pile foundations.

The model is built in a trapezoidal box, of which the short front represents the harbour wall. In three trenches just behind the wall the pulley blocks for careening can be attached. At the rear seven capstans with bitts are erected.

The model was bought by the Department of the Navy, together with model numbers NG-MC-1087 and NG-MC-1090, from the collection of J. Schouten in Dordrecht in 1861. No other historical details about this model are known. The scale is in Amsterdam feet.

Scale (on model) 1:53.4.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1091

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Careening Wharf, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054104

(accessed 29 November 2025 10:42:58).

Footnotes

  • 1A. Lemmers (ed.), Maritime Technology from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Multimedia Catalogue of the Dutch Navy Model Collection 1698-1889, coll. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1995, no. MC-1091.