City of Rotterdam, lead seal with no. 15
Also known as: Stad Rotterdam, loodje met no. 15
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1875
Single-sided, irregularly shaped lead seal with a hole at the top and bottom. Obverse: coat of arms within beaded rim below number 15. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-142-A; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 2.9 cm x width 2.1 cm x weight 4.72 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tin (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 2.9 cm x width 2.1 cm x weight 4.72 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 2.9 cm x width 2.1 cm x weight 4.72 g
Design
- Obverse
- coat of arms within beaded rim below number 15.
- Reverse
- blank.
Identification
- Original title
- Stad Rotterdam, loodje met no. 15
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-142-A
- Museum classification
- hondenbelastingloodje · belastingloodje
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against numismatic (token) references.