Spoon from the wreck of the East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart
Also known as: Lepel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder 't Vliegend Hart
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1735-02-03
Pewter spoon, with an oval bowl and a handle with an accolade-shaped terminal. The handle continues onto the back of the bowl with a long drop and rat tail. With a crowned coat of arms and letters LOCKTIN EN BRVGGE and on the handle GB SVE.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1986-46-3; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); measurements length 18.9 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 2.2 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tin (metal)
- Measurements
- length 18.9 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 2.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 18.9 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 2.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Lepel uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder 't Vliegend Hart
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1986-46-3
- 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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