Side plate of a musket with the coat of arms of Amsterdam and VOC-ensign from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Side plate of a musket with the coat of arms of Amsterdam and VOC-ensign from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman 't Vliegend Hart

Object type

• musket

Object number

NG-1978-74-H-986

Inscriptions / marks

• mark: ‘AVOC’

Description

Side plate; central escutcheon with crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam in relief, 2 flat wings on either side, curving in opposite directions, each with a circular eye at the end and engraved mark [AVOC].

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• copper (metal)

Measurements

height 10.7 cm × width 2.6 cm × depth 0.3 cm
diameter c. 0.7 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet
• Amsterdam

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. 311, cat.nr. 2.1.3.1.1.