Object data
wood, brass, rope and textile
height 25 cm × width 64 cm × depth 18 cm
anonymous
Model of a Dredger
Netherlands, c. 1800
Conservation
- P. Borst, 1976: restored
- P. Borst, 1984: restored
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-26
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Wooden model of a dredger of the so-called scoop or bag-and-spoon type.
The bag and spoon are operated by means of a winch, the tackle running over a pulley of a bipod gin. The cathead situated between the legs of the gin probably serves as a leverage point. The capstan on the foredeck was used for the anchor and the propulsion of the raft. The raft has rings in the deck along the long sides and three bollards along each short side.
A model of a mud barge, mentioned in Obreen’s catalogue as belonging to this model,1 is missing. The addition of the winch to this type of dredger was patented by Dutch engineer Simon Stevin (1548-1620) in 1589. This type was in use as late as 1830, among other places in the harbour of Hellevoetsluis.2
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 26; C. Singer et al. (eds.), A History of Technology, 5 vols., Oxford 1957-58, vol. 4, p. 632; R.M. Haubourdin et al., De physique existentie dezes lands. Jan Blanken, inspecteur-generaal van de waterstaat (1755-1838), exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1987, no. 70
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Model of a Dredger, Netherlands, c. 1800', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.242751
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