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

Title(s)

Silver teaspoon from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia

Object type

• teaspoon
• spoon

Object number

NG-1980-27-H-2724

Description

Teaspoon, stem, flat, widening towards curved end, oval bowl with rat tail on underside, 3 marks [coat of arms of Amsterdam, I, shell], at upper end coat of arms [of van Imhoff-Bentinck].

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• silver (metal)

Measurements

length 12.6 cm × width 2.5 cm × depth 0.8 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. 352, cat.nr. 2.3.1.1.4