Royal Chief Department of Hunting of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, official's button
Also known as: Koninklijk Opper Departement van de Jagt van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland, knoop van een beambte
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1806 - 1810
Single-sided button with a loop on the reverse. Obverse: crowned coat of arms within circumscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-13-6; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique striking (metalworking), gild; measurements diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.59 g.
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
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking), gild
- Measurements
- diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.59 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2.6 cm x weight 3.59 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms within circumscription.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Koninklijk Opper Departement van de Jagt van Lodewijk Napoleon, koning van Holland, knoop van een beambte
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-13-6
- 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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