Bureau d'Amsterdam, Lead Seal for Sealing
Also known as: Bureau d'Amsterdam, loodje om te plomberen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1815
Slightly oval, single-sided lead seal with holes in the side containing remnants of rope. Obverse: in round stamp: woman with caduceus in left hand and resting right arm on bale; in background: ship within legend and beaded rim. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-41; its record gives material recorded as lead (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements height 3.6 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 32.64 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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- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- lead (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- height 3.6 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 32.64 g
- Dimensions museum
- height 3.6 cm x width 2.9 cm x weight 32.64 g
Design
- Obverse
- in round stamp: woman with caduceus in left hand and resting right arm on bale; in background: ship within legend and beaded rim.
- Reverse
- blank
Identification
- Original title
- Bureau d'Amsterdam, loodje om te plomberen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-41
- Museum classification
- 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
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