Object data
wood, brass, copper, iron, lead, ivory and rope
height 51 cm × width 45 cm × depth 34.5 cm
Jan Marten Kleman
Model of a Hoist or GIN
Amsterdam, c. 1793 - c. 1807
Inscriptions
- inscription, at the top: j.M. / Kleman / fecit / Amst:
Provenance
...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-41
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Presentation model of a compound tripod gin. The winch has a crank driving a worm gear. The tackle goes through a sheave at the top to the pulley block with the load (a lead weight),3 and back to the top of the gin. One of the legs is fitted with a number of alternating rests, probably for climbing.
This model comes from the private collection of Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837).4 Two similar models are in the collection of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem5 and the Amsterdam Museum.6
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 41; G.l’E. Turner, Van Marum’s Scientific Instruments in Teyler’s Museum, in E. Lefebvre and J.G. de Bruijn (eds.), Martinus van Marum: Life and Work, 6 vols., vol. 2, Leiden 1973, pp. 127-401, nos. 65-66
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Jan Marten Kleman, Model of a Hoist or GIN, Amsterdam, c. 1793 - c. 1807', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242766
(accessed 25 April 2024 19:24:52).