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Model of an Anchor
anonymous, 1813
Houten model van een samengesteld anker, dat uiteengenomen kan worden. De schacht en armen bestaan uit zes lagen, die door messing beugels bijeengehouden worden. Het model heeft geen ankerstok. Schaal 1:10 (schatting).
- Artwork typedemonstration model
- Object numberNG-MC-613
- Dimensionstotal: length 48.5 cm, span 27.3 cm, ring: diameter 7.5 cm
- Physical characteristicswood and brass
Identification
Title(s)
Model of an Anchor
Object type
Object number
NG-MC-613
Description
Houten model van een samengesteld anker, dat uiteengenomen kan worden. De schacht en armen bestaan uit zes lagen, die door messing beugels bijeengehouden worden. Het model heeft geen ankerstok. Schaal 1:10 (schatting).
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Creation
Creation
- model maker: anonymous, Netherlands
- after design by Richard Pering, United Kingdom (possibly)
Dating
- 1813
- 1819
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Material and technique
Physical description
wood and brass
Dimensions
- total: length 48.5 cm
- span 27.3 cm
- ring: diameter 7.5 cm
Explanatory note
Het model werd gemaakt naar de obeservatie van G.M. Roentgen van een dergelijk anker te Sheerness in 1819.
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Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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anonymous
Model of an Anchor
Netherlands, ? United Kingdom, 1819
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-613
Entry
Wooden model of a composite anchor that can be taken apart.
The shank and arms are made out of six layers, held together with brass hoops. The model does not have an anchor stock.
The model was made after an observation by Gerard Moritz Roentgen (1795-1852) of such an anchor in Sheerness in 1819.1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 12/03/1819 N21. According to Obreen the difficulties of forging large pieces of iron led to the assembly of several parts; the various parts are indicated by the model.2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 613.
Scale (estimate) 1:10.
Literature
British Patent 23/7/1813, no. 3726; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 613; A.A. Lemmers, Techniek op schaal. Modellen en het technologiebeleid van de Marine 1725-1885, Amsterdam 1996, p. 178
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of an Anchor, Netherlands, 1813', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053857
(accessed 29 oktober 2026 04:08:10 UTC+0).Footnotes
- 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 12/03/1819 N21.
- 2J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 613.



