Shotmould for musket balls from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Shotmould for musket balls from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Object type

• bullet mould

Object number

NG-1975-45-H

Description

Pair of tongs, bar-shaped, semicircular hinged end, five-lugged with two lugs marked [X], on other ends square tapering tangs for handles, broken, each tong has 13 circular concave halfround moulds, one tong bears inscription [XXIIII]; used to cast round shot, shotmould.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• copper (metal)

Measurements

height 42 cm × width 6 cm × depth 4.3 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase 28-Oct-1975

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Gegoten kogels behorende bij de giettang voor musketkogels uit het wrak van de Oost-Indiëvaarder Hollandia

• Hollandia compendium : a contribution to the history, archeology, classification and lexicography of a 150 ft. Dutch East Indiaman (1740-1750), p. 303, cat.nr. 2.1.1.6.
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten van de afdeling Nederlandse Geschiedenis 1973-1976