Sample of Armour Plate Covered with Copper

anonymous, c. 1870

Monster van pantserplaat aan beide kanten voorzien van drie lagen: een laag ongeïdentificeerd materiaal, een laag lood, een laag koper. De lagen zijn samen op de pantserplaat geklonken.

  • Artwork typesample
  • Object numberNG-MC-1202
  • Dimensionsheight 3.5 cm x width 15 cm x depth 29.5 cm x weight 5.1 kg
  • Physical characteristicsiron, lead, copper and unidentified material

anonymous

Sample of Armour Plate Covered with Copper

France, c. 1870

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1202

Entry

Sample of armour plate covered on both sides with three layers: an unidentified material, a layer of lead and a layer of copper. The layers are clenched to the armour plate.

This sample was submerged in seawater for several months without any deterioration of the metals. The French armoured corvette La Belliqueuse was then coppered in this way, in preparation for a three-year commission in the Pacific Ocean. The sample was obtained from Mr Jouve, the Dutch consul in Toulon.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1202

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Armour Plate Covered with Copper, France, c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054174

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