Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1870

Gepolychromeerd halfmodel (stuurboord, stapelmodel in zes lagen) van een tweemast schroefstoomboot. Het heeft een klippersteven en een elliptisch hek waaronder het schroefraam op de grondplank geschilderd. V-vormig onderwaterschip, de zeeg oplopend naar voren, een reehout.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-1152
  • Dimensionsheight 16 cm x width 89 cm x depth 11 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Half Model of a Pilot Vessel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1152

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd halfmodel (stuurboord, stapelmodel in zes lagen) van een tweemast schroefstoomboot. Het heeft een klippersteven en een elliptisch hek waaronder het schroefraam op de grondplank geschilderd. V-vormig onderwaterschip, de zeeg oplopend naar voren, een reehout.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, bottom right: ‘1152’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1860 - c. 1870

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 16 cm x width 89 cm x depth 11 cm

Explanatory note

  • Het model stelt de schroef-loodsboot Narebout voor.

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  • Person

  • 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 Pilot Vessel

Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1870

Inscriptions

  • label, bottom right:1152 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Davina Jakobi, augustus 2015: minor repairs

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1152

Entry

Polychromed wooden ‘bread-and-butter’ style half model of the starboard side, six layers, of a two-masted screw-propelled pilot vessel, mounted on a white, wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is closed and painted black. The deck is closed and flush with the side. The model has a clipper bow and an elliptical stern. Below the stern an empty frame for a screw propeller is painted on the backboard, but it features no rudder. The sheer rises forwards. One sheer rail and the rail cap are indicated, both are painted red. The hull is V-shaped and painted a metallic bronze colour below the waterline. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form. Both masts rake considerably.

The model is said to represent the pilot vessel Narebout,1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1152. but no historical documentation could be found to support this.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1152

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Pilot Vessel, Netherlands, c. 1860 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054141

(accessed 21 mei 2026 20:54:28 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1152.