Thimble from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia
Also known as: Vingerhoed uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - in or before 1743-07-13
Tools and instruments, sewing and sailmaking, thimble; fragm: circular rim with fragm of body, tapering, top missing, pitted surface. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1980-27-H-234; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); measurements height 1.4 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Measurements
- height 1.4 cm x diameter 2.1 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.4 cm x diameter 2.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Vingerhoed uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1980-27-H-234
- Museum classification
- thimble
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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