Model of a Capstan with a Winch

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-201

Construction model of a capstan in a wooden frame with two levels, mounted on a square base.

The capstan is for eight bars with a winch in the metal head and four pawls in the heel to prevent it from turning back. The barrel is turned either by the two cranks or with the bars. The lower section of the head, with the winch and the holes for the bars, is fixed to the barrel. It has a cogwheel rim, which form the winch together with the two cranks with pinions (one of which is missing) inside the head. The cranks can be disengaged with pegs. The upper half of the head is fixed to the square brass spindle, which is secured in a step on the lower level. The barrel has six whelps.

This capstan is a combination of a capstan with a winch and a capstan with an iron head.

Scale (estimate) 1:10.

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 201

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Rijkswerf Rotterdam, Model of a Capstan with a Winch, Rotterdam, c. 1842', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244013