Object data
brass
height 18.2 cm × width 6.3 cm × depth 4.2 cm
anonymous
Gun Sight
Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1870
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the side: H / 74
- inscription, opposite: G / vL
- inscription, on the base: BEL. EN VEST.
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-28
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Brass gun sight consisting two vertical bars with a sliding sight in between. On one side the bars have a scale, spanning from 0 to 17. It has a trapezoid foot, which was attached to a ring strapped around the gun.
The inscription ‘BEL. EN VEST.’ means siege and garrison piece. This gun sight was found without a catalogue number. The identification was by a process of elimination.
Literature
H. van Goens, Handleiding tot de kennis van de zee-artillerie, Rotterdam 1861-65, p. 1150, pl. XXXVIII, fig. 281
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Gun Sight, Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245264
(accessed 27 April 2024 05:35:12).