Model of a Winch for a Pile Driver

anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1850

Model van een lier met enkelvoudige overbrenging, koperen windas en wrijvingsrem.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-47
  • Dimensionsheight 9.8 cm x width 8 cm x depth 7.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbrass and copper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Model of a Winch for a Pile Driver

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-47

  • Description

    Model van een lier met enkelvoudige overbrenging, koperen windas en wrijvingsrem.

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Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1800 - c. 1850

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    brass and copper

  • Dimensions

    height 9.8 cm x width 8 cm x depth 7.9 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 Winch for a Pile Driver

? Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1850

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-47

Entry

Winch identical to the ones of models NG-MC-45 and NG-MC-46: one gear, a copper barrel for the cord and a friction brake.

In 1819 a model of a pile driver with pincer was part of a shipment of technical objects and models sent by Gerard Moritz Roentgen (1795-1852) from the United Kingdom to the Rotterdam Navy dockyard, from whence they were transferred to the Navy Model Room in The Hague.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 47

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Winch for a Pile Driver, Netherlands, c. 1800 - c. 1850', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053202

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