Maritime art & objects
This part of the collection mainly comprises objects with a connection to the sea. Figure heads, folk art, travelling trunks, Delft tiles and so on.
Wrought iron grappling hook with line. An old plumb line was used for the line. The colored markers are still present.
Catalog: MA.2-15
Date: 19th century
L hook: 28 cm, line about 10 meters
Signed: not signed
Origin: unknown, probably France
Condition: perfect
Particularly nice ship’s or travel pharmacy in mahogany transport box with brass flat folding handles. The upper part opens and shows 17 blown glass bottles with fitted stoppers of Robbins & Co, Chemists, Oxford street London. Some bottles have residu from drugs. The drawer has tiny hand cut dovetail joints and is locked with a copper pin. The finish is in fine condition on this historic chest. With key.
Catalogue: MA.2-20
Date: 19th century
HWL: 17.5×17.5×19 cm
Bottles signed: Robbins & Co, Operative Chemists, 372 Oxfordstreet, London
Origin: England
Condition: for its age in very good condition, one bottle has a chip in the edge
Oil bags were carried as part of the ship’s lifeboat equipment and were primarily intended to be deployed in conjunction with a sea anchor to mitigate the effect of seas breaking inboard when hove-to or running before a swell. Original quality.
Catalog: MA.2-16
Date: 20th century
LW: 50 x 24 cm
Signed: not signed
Origin: unknown
Condition: good and complete
Original admiralty pattern chart room lamp on extension rod. Extends to 75 centimeters.
Catalog: MA.2-13
Date: 20th entury
HL: 25 x 75cm
Signed: not signed
Origin: unknown
Condition: perfect
British Royal Navy bosun’s whistle with spliced neck cord. The whistle is stamped on both sides of the bowl with an aroow of the War Department.
Catalog: MA.2-11
Date: ca. 1900
L: 12 cm
Signed: not signed
Origin: England
Condition: perfect for its age, no repairs
Beautifully covered wooden tiller in excellent condition.
Length 110 cm.
Catalog: MA.1-30
Date: 20th c.
L: 110 cm (43 in)
Signed: not signed
Origin: England
Condition: perfect
Oil on panel.
The well known Johannes Christiaan Schotel, born in Dordrecht, Holland was a maritime painter. The representation of ships was his specialty, rigging and people against an often threatening background of sky and water. Schotel was probably the most important marine painter of the nineteenth century. His work was a continuation of the tradition of Dutch seventeenth-century sea painters such as Willem van de Velde the Elder and Ludolf Backhuizen.
The Dordts Museum is in possession of a similar painting of Martinus Schouman, the teacher of Schotel. Possibly this is an early work by Schotel.
Catalog: MA.2-03
Date: ca. 1815 (frame of later date)
WL, panel: 34,5 x 46,5 cm
WL, frame: 43 x 64,5 cm
Signed: J.C. Schotel, left under and nr 10 at the back
Origin: Holland, Dutch
Condition: excellent, no cracks or deformations, slight damage in lower right corner frame
Dramatically beautiful figurehead of the goddess Minerva. Minerva is a personification of the divine power of the mind, of the resourcefulness, of the human mind and of wisdom. Later she is gained by the Romans as a warrior and a peace-loving goddess.
With very fine crafmanship carved and decorated. Original paint and surface. The right arm is missing, but this does not detract from the appearance.
Catalog: MA.2-05
Date: 19th century
HWL: 63x40x36 cm (24.8x16x14 in)
Signed: not signed
Origin: unknown
Condition: original condition, no repairs
Six nice litho’s of men of war with their specifications and history, published in 1872 and 1880 by Griffin & Co, Portsmouth:
HMS Hercules HMS Turquoise HMS Neptune
HMS Boadicea HMS Narcissus HMS Minotaur
Catalog: MA.1-09
Date: 1872 and 1880
WL pages: 27×21 cm (10.5×8.2 in)
WL pictures: 19×13 cm (7.5×5.1 in)
Signed: Griffin & Co, Portsmouth
Origin: England
Condition: perfect