Brass tobacco box with engraved scenes of the Prodigal Son from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Brass tobacco box with engraved scenes of the Prodigal Son from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Object type

• tobacco box

Object number

NG-1980-27-H-2021

Description

Tobacco box; box with lid, oval, flat, domed, moulded rim, both sides engraved with scenes of the Prodigal Son (inscriptions: lid [de verloore soon], underside [al verteert]), applied five-lugged hinge.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• copper (metal)

Measurements

height 3.6 cm × width 11.9 cm × depth 6.7 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. 371, cat.nr. 2.3.2.3.