Trademark plaque of Jan van der Heyden's fire engine workshop from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia, Jan van der Heyden, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Trademark plaque of Jan van der Heyden's fire engine workshop from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia

Object type

• cognizance

Object number

NG-1978-120-H-771

Description

Fire engine, trademark plaque; eroded: circular, flat disc, on outer rim 2 flat semicircular fastening-rings (1 broken off), relieved decoration of a snake along the rim spitting water into a fire (trademark of Jan van der Heyden).

Artist

• after design by: Jan van der Heyden

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• copper (metal)

Measurements

height 0.4 cm × diameter 10.5 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase Sep-1978

Copyright

Public domain

• Hollandia compendium : a contribution to the history, archeology, classification and lexicography of a 150 ft. Dutch East Indiaman (1740-1750), p. 442, cat.nr. 2.9.4.1.
• The Dutch East India Company in the 17th century : life and work of Zacharias Wagenaer (1614-1668), Francine van Anrooy, p. 78 (afbeelding), p. 104, cat.nr. 80