Model of the merchantman De Witte Oliphant Model of the merchantman De Witte Oliphant Model of the merchantman The Witte Oliphant Model of a Merchantman; Polychrome and rigged truss model. 22 gun ports spread over two decks; all guns missing. Three levels: lower deck; main deck; half deck and box deck and slightly lower lice patch; there is a glass roof on the half deck. The figurehead is a crowned lion. Flat mirror with two gates with the name 'De Witte Oliphant' and the year 1755; hollow wulf; fence of one floor adorned with two lions holding a crowned emblem with the letters LAL; and two black corner figures; one-storey side galleries decorated with scrolls; straight rudder with square rudder king; steering wheel at the rear against the mizzen mast. The sheer rises to the rear; two barkwoods and one deerwood. Round bilge. The model is equipped with two anchors; a roasting spindle at the servant of the breeding mast; deck hatches and grilles; and a ship's bell; the capstan on the main deck is missing. The model has a three-mast rig without sails. A single-belted barkas of six straps hangs from davits at the fence: it has a rudder with steering quadrant and a loose rudder; Witte Oliphant (ship); anonymous; Netherlands; 1755; wood (plant material); brass (alloy); iron (metal); glass; rope; h 205 cm x l 225 cm x w 77.5 cm