Peat ferry (Veense turfpont)

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VEENSE TURFPONT:sailing, wooden cargo ship used to transport peat. Ship from the Dutch peatlands, approximately 30 tons in size. See also under turfpraam.
VEENSE TURFPRAAM (peat ferry): an open wooden vessel from the Rolofarendsveen area, which was used primarily for peat extraction and dredging.
VEEN or OVERIJSSEL PEAT FERRY.
17th-century ship type, sometimes also called (by mistake?) a peat pot? A sailing, wooden cargo ship used to transport peat. Known were, among others, the Dijnop or Veensche peat ferry and the Zevenhuizen peat ferry. Both ships originated from the Dutch peatlands. They are said to have been up to about 30 tons in size. Some are said to have shown certain similarities to the kraak.
However, some are inclined to see in these ships the more elongated, simple lines of the Overijssel ships.
According to Nicolaas Witsen, peat ferries were built rather rectangularly.
The Brabant peat ferry and the Frisian peat ferry, however, appear to have been ships with a station. Reinier Nooms (1623 - 1664) depicts the 'Friese Turrif POTT' and the Dijnop or 'Veense Turrif PONDT' in a single etching. This may be the reason for the pot-pont mistake. G.C.E. Crone also does not make the distinction very clear in 'Nederlandse jachten, binnenschepen, vissersschepen...'. Related terms: Overijssel pot, Pont.
The stamp design is based on an engraving by Reinier Nooms (1623–1664).
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Sources: https://binnenvaarttaal.nl/index.php?woord=v.