Three Models of Mast Caps

anonymous, c. 1780

Drie ezelshoofden die van het model van de Oostindiëvaarder van 40 stukken de Vergelijking (NG-MC-658) zijn afgehaald. Ze zijn alle drie van 18de-eeuws model met ronde bovenkant en zwart geverfd.

  • Artwork typescale model
  • Object numberNG-MC-174
  • Dimensions(A): height 3 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 7.5 cm, (B): height 3 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 6.5 cm, (C): height 2 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, brass and paint

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    Three Models of Mast Caps

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-174

  • Description

    Drie ezelshoofden die van het model van de Oostindiëvaarder van 40 stukken de Vergelijking (NG-MC-658) zijn afgehaald. Ze zijn alle drie van 18de-eeuws model met ronde bovenkant en zwart geverfd.

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  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780

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  • Physical description

    wood, brass and paint

  • Dimensions

    • (A): height 3 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 7.5 cm
    • (B): height 3 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 6.5 cm
    • (C): height 2 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm

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  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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  • Three Models of Mast Caps

anonymous

Three Models of Mast Caps

Netherlands, c. 1780

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-174

Entry

Three of the five mast caps that were removed from the model of the 40-gun Dutch East Indiaman Vergelijking (NG-MC-658).1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 174. The other two mast caps are lost.

They are all of an eighteenth-century design with a rounded upper side and are all painted black.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 174

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Three Models of Mast Caps, Netherlands, c. 1780', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053515

(accessed 26 February 2026 20:25:56).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 174.