Lead weight from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Lead weight from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia

Object type

• weight

Object number

NG-1979-344-H

Description

Disc-shaped weight, circular, domed top, flat underside.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• lead (metal)

Measurements

diameter 3 cm × height 1.1 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase 1979

Copyright

Public domain

• Hollandia compendium : a contribution to the history, archeology, classification and lexicography of a 150 ft. Dutch East Indiaman (1740-1750), p. 453, cat.nr. 2.9.8.6.2.2.