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anonymous

Model of Topgallant Crosstrees

Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800

Object data

lead and paint

height 0.4 cm × length 7.8 cm × width 7.4 cm

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-170

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Topgallant crosstrees with trestletrees and a cross-beam, cast in lead and painted black.

This model is probably a fragment of a large ship model. According to Obreen the design dates from the eighteenth century.1

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 170

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of Topgallant Crosstrees, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.243982

(accessed 25 April 2024 23:03:29).

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