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anonymous

Caltrop

Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1858

Object data

iron

height 9 cm × width 9 cm × depth 9 cm

Provenance

…; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-744-1

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

This caltrop consists of four points placed in a tetrahedron and barbed pins. The older one is corroded.

In his catalogue Obreen mentions only one caltrop,3 but two were found (see NG-MC-744-2). Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) mentions a caltrop in his private collection in 1807.4

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 744

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Caltrop, Netherlands, c. 1700 - c. 1858', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200315892

(accessed 9 December 2025 16:51:41).

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