Silver beam of weighing scal from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia, anonymous, 1700 - in or before 1743

Title(s)

Silver beam of weighing scal from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Hollandia

Object type

Object number

NG-1980-27-H-747

Description

Weighing scales, fragm; strip, both ends broken, flat oval in section, bevelled upper side with a vertical octogonal faceted baluster topped by a pivot eye.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1700 - in or before 13-Aug-1743

Material

• silver (metal)

Measurements

height 2.8 cm × width 10 cm × depth 0.6 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. 449, cat.nr. 2.9.8.5.