Object data
wood and paint
height 26.3 cm × width 93.8 cm × depth 13 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen
Half Model of a 3-Gun Schooner
Flushing, c. 1844 - c. 1846
Inscriptions
- inscription, top centre, on an oval label: ADDER / SCHOONER 2e KLASSE / 1844.
- inscription, bottom right, on a piece of paper, in ink: Voornaamste Afmetingen / [followed by measurements and armament]
- inscription, bottom left, on a piece of paper, in ink: Ingezonden ter voldoening aan / de Resolutie van den 29 July 1845 / D Nr 66 / Vlissingen den 5 Februarij 1846 / De Hoofd Ingenieur der Marine / Tromp
- label, centre right: 398 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-398
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Polychromed fully planked wooden half bracket model of the starboard side of a two-masted ship, mounted on a rectangular white, wooden backboard with a stand.
The side of the ship is fully planked on top of frame moulds and is painted black. The deck is closed and the bulwark has details on the inside. The sheer is virtually flat and only rises at the bow. The sheer line is painted red. The wale cannot be distinguished from the planking. The clipper bow features an anchor lining. The stern is elliptical and decorated with gold-painted ornaments. Below the stern a round-headed rudder with a rounded blade is indicated. The hull is painted a metallic copper colour. The keel drops slightly towards the stern. The position of two masts and the bowsprit is shown in a truncated form. Both masts rake considerably.
Left and right of the hull, at the waterline, two small square holes, possibly for mounting a metal leg, are indicated.
This model was transferred from Flushing to the Department of the Navy on 5 February 1846.1 The 3-gun schooner Adder, 27 metres long, was built by August Elize Tromp (1801-1871) in Flushing from 1844 to 1845.2 Adder made a trip to North America together with the ships Jason and Echo in 1846. Adder is not mentioned in the Navy records after 1862.3
Scale (on model) 1:40.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 398; A.J. Vermeulen, De schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962, The Hague 1962, p. 31
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Half Model of a 3-Gun Schooner, Flushing, c. 1844 - c. 1846', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244211
(accessed 19 April 2024 23:45:17).