Box for a medal on the death of Stadtholder William II 1650 with pasted-in poems
Also known as: Doos voor een penning op het overlijden van stadhouder Willem II 1650 met ingeplakte gedichten
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1650
Turned palmwood box with lid, both fitted on the inside with a printed poem, on the box "Overval" and on the lid "Afval". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-2-1188; its record gives material recorded as paper, boxwood; technique turning; measurements diameter 8.1 cm x thickness 1.8 cm x weight 30.65 g.
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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper, boxwood
- Technique
- turning
- Measurements
- diameter 8.1 cm x thickness 1.8 cm x weight 30.65 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 8.1 cm x thickness 1.8 cm x weight 30.65 g
Identification
- Original title
- Doos voor een penning op het overlijden van stadhouder Willem II 1650 met ingeplakte gedichten
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-2-1188
- Museum classification
- history medal
Catalogue references
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