Snuffbox made from the wood of Van Speyk's ship
Also known as: Snuifdoos vervaardigd uit het hout van het schip van Van Speyk
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1825 - 1831
Turned wooden round box with a red and black rim and inside red/black/brown tortoiseshell (?). Snuffbox made from the wood of Van Speyk's ship (Red & black rim).
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-5060; its record gives material recorded as wood (plant material); measurements diameter 8 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
- wood (plant material)
- Measurements
- diameter 8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Snuifdoos vervaardigd uit het hout van het schip van Van Speyk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-5060
- Museum classification
- snuffbox
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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