Object data
iron, lead, copper and unidentified material
height 3.5 cm × width 15 cm × depth 29.5 cm × weight 5.1 kg
anonymous
Sample of Armour Plate Covered with Copper
France, c. 1870
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1202
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Sample of armour plate covered on both sides with three layers: an unidentified material, a layer of lead and a layer of copper. The layers are clenched to the armour plate.
This sample was submerged in seawater for several months without any deterioration of the metals. The French armoured corvette La Belliqueuse was then coppered in this way, in preparation for a three-year commission in the Pacific Ocean. The sample was obtained from Mr Jouve, the Dutch consul in Toulon.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1202
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Armour Plate Covered with Copper, France, c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245016
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