Object data
wood and brass
height 15 cm × diameter 12 cm (max.)
Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis
Model of a Water Cask
Hellevoetsluis, 1830
Inscriptions
- label, on the top: 579 former inventory label
Conservation
- Ab Hoving, February 2009: cleaned; revarnished
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-579
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a water cask with ten hoops and a peg in the bilge. It has a capacity of 1,000 litres.
Scale (according to Obreen)1 1:10.
Literature
L.K. Turk, Opgaven en berekeningen van Zr. Ms. schepen van oorlog, The Hague 1855, pp. 104-05; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 579
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis, Model of a Water Cask, Hellevoetsluis, 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244394
(accessed 26 April 2024 08:15:05).