Customs of Brussels, sealing lead with no. 1
Also known as: Douane van Brussel, loodje om te plomberen met no. 1
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1850
Two circular lead discs pressed together, with remnants of cord between them. Obverse: crowned coat of arms within circumscription. Reverse: numeral No. 1 within circumscription; edge inscription: inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-18-48; its record gives material recorded as lead (metal), rope; technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2 cm x weight 20.55 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
- lead (metal), rope
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2 cm x weight 20.55 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 2 cm x weight 20.55 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned coat of arms within circumscription.
- Reverse
- numeral No. 1 within circumscription; edge inscription: inscription.
Identification
- Original title
- Douane van Brussel, loodje om te plomberen met no. 1
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-18-48
- 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against numismatic (token) references.