Button from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia
Also known as: Knoop uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - in or before 1743-08-13
Button. Button; (1) flat base with moulded rim (1.7d), loop-shank, domed stone setting. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1980-27-H-3179; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 0.8 cm x diameter 1.7 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold (metal)
- Measurements
- height 0.8 cm x diameter 1.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 0.8 cm x diameter 1.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1980-27-H-3179
- Museum classification
- button
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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