Spoon without handle or scale pan from VOC ship the 'Witte Leeuw'
Also known as: Lepel zonder steel of weegschaaltje uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
before 1613
Spoon without handle or scale pan from VOC ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. Spherical metal object with a short stem (broken off). On the left side is a hole. The object is light grey in colour and has nodules. The underside is sand-coloured and grey. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1977-261-W; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); measurements diameter 6.5 cm x height 2.5 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.5 cm x height 2.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.5 cm x height 2.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel zonder steel of weegschaaltje uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte Leeuw'
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1977-261-W
- Museum classification
- spoon
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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