Printing type with the Malay character syin from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Printing type with the Malay character syin from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia

Object type

• type

Object number

NG-1978-64-H-1085

Description

Printing type; rectangular, groove in one side, 1 character [Malay letter syin], concave underneath.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• lead (metal)

Measurements

length 2.4 cm × width 0.5 cm × thickness 0.4 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase 2-May-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. 462, cat.nr. 2.9.12.3.