Water kettle, struck from a 1760 Gelderland duit
Also known as: Waterketel, geslagen uit een Gelderse duit van 1760
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1760
Copper water kettle, tinned on the inside; struck from a Gelderland coin of 1760. A coat of arms and date on the underside. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-5783-260; its record gives material recorded as tin alloy, copper (metal), brass (alloy); measurements height 1.5 cm x diameter 2.1 cm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tin alloy, copper (metal), brass (alloy)
- Dimensions
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 2.1 cm · hoogte 1,5 cm x diameter 2,1 cm (inclusief tuit)
- Measurements
- height 1.5 cm x diameter 2.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Waterketel, geslagen uit een Gelderse duit van 1760
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-5783-260
- Museum classification
- teakettle · duit · miniature · coin · kettle
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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Research required
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