Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmaster. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van het hek; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-402
  • Dimensionsheight 20.7 cm x width 71.4 cm x depth 10.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-402

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (stuurboord) van een eenmaster. Gewrongen spiegel, hol wulf, geen details van het hek; recht roer met vierkante roerkoning. De zeeg loopt op naar beide uiteinden, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘402’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 20.7 cm x width 71.4 cm x depth 10.6 cm

Explanatory note

  • Dit model draagt nummer 982, wat een visschuit lang 44 voet zou moeten zijn, en het model met nummer 402 is die visschuit, zodat het lijkt dat beide modellen verwisseld zijn. NG-MC-402 moet een kanonneerschoener uit 1792 zijn, gebouwd in Amsterdam.

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

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

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anonymous

Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:402 former inventory label

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-402

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a single-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale and a sheer rail are indicated, both are painted black. The stern has a round tuck and a hollow counter. Below the stern a straight, square-headed rudder is indicated. The hull is S-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of one mast is shown in a truncated form.

The model carries an incorrect inventory label marked ‘982’, while the model labelled number 402 is in fact number 982:1See NG-MC-982. it is clear that the models must have been switched. Number 402 is a model of a schooner gunboat built in Amsterdam in 1792.2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 402; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 982. Markedly however, the model only indicates one mast, whereas at least two are be expected on a schooner.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 402

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Schooner Gunboat, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053711

(accessed 30 oktober 2026 06:02:58 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1See NG-MC-982.
  • 2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 402; J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 982.