Object data
wood, brass and iron
model: height 38.5 cm × width 39.5 cm × depth 28 cm
packaging capsule: height 45.7 cm × width 82.3 cm × depth 33.5 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen (possibly)
Model of a Double Capstan
? Flushing, Flushing, c. 1821
Inscriptions
- label, on the frame: 204 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-204-2
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Construction model of a double capstan in a wooden frame representing two decks of a ship.
The upper barrel is for eight bars, the larger lower barrel for ten. Both have four pawls in the heel to prevent them from turning back. The metal spindle of the lower barrel is extended into the hollow wooden spindle of the upper barrel. In order to achieve one large capstan, the two spindles have been connected with two iron pegs through the upper barrel. With the pegs removed the two barrels can be operated as separate capstans.
One model was added to the Navy Model Room in 1823,1 but two have been found. An identical model (NG-MC-204-1) was been mentioned by Obreen.2 This capstan was tested on Euridice with good results in 1821.
Scale (estimate) 1:10.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 204
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'possibly Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Model of a Double Capstan, Flushing, c. 1821', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.359835
(accessed 25 April 2024 18:10:30).