Model of an Archimedean Screw

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1808

Werkend model van een vijzelmolen. De vijzel is verticaal geplaatst in een houten bak en wordt aangedreven met een raderwerk met zwengel. Het opgewerkte water loopt over een korte lip en terug in de bak.

  • Artwork typedemonstration model
  • Object numberNG-MC-52
  • Dimensionspackaging capsule: height 112.5 cm x width 77.7 cm x depth 59.8 cm, model: height 107 cm x width 45 cm x depth 66.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and iron

anonymous

Model of an Archimedean Screw

? Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1808

Provenance

…; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F nos. 20 and 21. Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy. transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-52

Entry

Demonstration model of an Archimedean screw.3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 52. The screw is placed vertically in a wooden tank and is operated by gears by means of a handle. The raised water is led back into the tank over a short lip.

This model is probably one of two mentioned by Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) as part of his private collection in 1807.4HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F nos. 20 and 21.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 52; R.M. Haubourdin et al., De physique existentie dezes lands. Jan Blanken, inspecteur-generaal van de waterstaat (1755-1838), exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1987, no. 122

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of an Archimedean Screw, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1808', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053206

(accessed 15 December 2025 18:30:00).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F nos. 20 and 21.
  • 2After the death of Asmus in 1837 models from his private collection remained in the Navy Model Room in The Hague and were henceforth considered an integral part of the collection of the Department of the Navy.
  • 3J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 52.
  • 4HNA 2.01.29.02 Dept. Marine, Aanhangsel I, inv. no. 20, La. F nos. 20 and 21.