Stem of a spoon from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia
Also known as: Steel van een lepel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - in or before 1743-08-13
Cutlery, spoon; fragment, stem, hexagonal-section, widening towards curved end, on upper side central ridge and relieved inscription [AVOC], ass. NG 1980-27H1165. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1980-27-H-527; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); measurements length 12.7 cm x width 2.2 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
- tin (metal)
- Measurements
- length 12.7 cm x width 2.2 cm x depth 0.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 12.7 cm x width 2.2 cm x depth 0.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Steel van een lepel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1980-27-H-527
- Museum classification
- spoon · helve
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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