Object data
wood and paint
height 81 cm × width 8 cm × depth 9 cm
anonymous
Model of a Turnbuckle
Netherlands, 1858
Inscriptions
- inscription, centre, in red paint: Nº 6
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-596
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden model of a turnbuckle, painted black.
No thread is indicated on the model. It has a shackle with a bolt on one side, a thimble on the other.
This model represents the turnbuckle N° 6 according to the regulations of 1858.1 Pilaar describes turnbuckle numbers 1 to 5.2 The numbers refer to the size and place in the rigging.
Scale unknown.
Literature
Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen 1855 (1788-1880) (for different titles and editors during the years of publication see Bom 1885, Appendix K), vol. 1, pp. 123-24, pl.; J.C. Pilaar, Handleiding tot de kennis van het tuig, de masten, zeilen, enz. van het schip, Amsterdam 1858 (3rd ed. rev. by G.P.J. Mossel), pp. 161-63, fig. 123; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 596
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Turnbuckle, Netherlands, 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244411
(accessed 19 April 2024 08:05:46).