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Model of a Schokker
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Model of a Schokker

anonymous · 1800 - 1865 · polychromy; textile materials; iron (metal); rope; wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Rigged and polychromed frame model of a schokker. The model has the typical thick, straight, falling bowsprit with a disc at the end; the bow round is pointed. Pointed stern with straight falling sternpost, broad rudder with curled rudder head and wooden helmstock that can be secured on a tiller bar. The ship has a foredeck, open cabin with bun and afterdeck. The lower skin courses in the sides contain a grate for the bun. The skin is smooth-sided; the ship is a flat-bottom with centerboards. The model has a windlass or foredeck. It is sloop-rigged with mainsail and foresail and has a ring for a bowsprit against the bowsprit.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineModel of a Schokker. 1800 - 1865. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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