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Broken spoon from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Also known as: Gebroken lepel 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

Cutlery, spoon; fragment, stem and bowl fragm, eroded, id. NG 1980-27H2608, marks illegible. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1980-27-H-1218; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 15.8 cm x width 2.6 cm x depth 0.5 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
silver (metal)
Measurements
length 15.8 cm x width 2.6 cm x depth 0.5 cm
Dimensions museum
length 15.8 cm x width 2.6 cm x depth 0.5 cm

Identification

Original title
Gebroken lepel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-1980-27-H-1218
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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