Silver crossbar of a sword from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Silver crossbar of a sword from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Object type

Object number

NG-1980-27-H-1183

Description

Hilt, guard; fragm, shells, broken, squashed; consisting of two curved oval plates, raised rim, relieved decoration of martial attributes with scrolling floral motifs on both sides, square central hole with 3 marks on the edge on the concave (rear) side, 2 legible [coat of arms of Amsterdam, Z].

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• silver (metal)

Measurements

height 6.2 cm × width 8.2 cm × depth 1.6 cm

When

• 1743-08-13 - 1743-08-13

Where

• Annet

Who

• Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
• Hollandia (schip)

Acquisition

purchase 1980

Copyright

Public domain

• Hollandia compendium : a contribution to the history, archeology, classification and lexicography of a 150 ft. Dutch East Indiaman (1740-1750), p. 305, cat.nr. 2.1.2.1.