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Snuffbox from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia

Also known as: Snuifdoos uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1700 - in or before 1743-08-13

Snuffbox; box, oval, partly damaged: five-lugged "stand-away" hinge, with lid, moulded double-reeded vertical rim, engraved decoration of foliage pattern around triangle with letter [M (?)] at base. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1979-216-H-1050; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); measurements height 3.4 cm x width 8.3 cm x depth 5.7 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
copper (metal)
Measurements
height 3.4 cm x width 8.3 cm x depth 5.7 cm
Dimensions museum
height 3.4 cm x width 8.3 cm x depth 5.7 cm

Identification

Original title
Snuifdoos uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-1979-216-H-1050
Museum classification
snuffbox

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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