Ein Silberbecher und Stapellauf-Feiern der frühen Neuzeit

Abstract: "The German Maritime Museum is in possession of a silver beaker (Ill. 1) which, according to its inscription, was given by Jacob Tamssen, a merchant and shipowner of Kiel, to the master shipbuilder Hans Jürgen Hinrichsen in 1747 for the construction of the frigate DE JUNGFRAU HELENA LUCIA. More than a century earlier, the kings of England had presented the builders of the leading vessels of their war fleets with comparable silver cups as gifts of honour. In the eighteenth century, master shipbuilders received such rewards even for the completion of third-rate constructions. The cups were used for a form of launching ceremony no longer customary today, an event at which a party of selected guests stood on the vessel as it slipped from the stocks. The king's representative poured wine out of the cup onto the deck and then passed the cup around for all to take a sip. As this was going on, the master shipbuilder was on the stocks, seeing to the ship's smooth launching. When the ceremon

Object Details

• Alternative title: A silver cup and launching celebrations in Early Modern Times
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv ; 26 (2003) ; 261-272

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr
• Keyword: Stapellauf ; Silberbecher ; Schiff ; Feier

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2003
• Creator: Ellmers, Detlev

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-52442-9
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:57 PM CET